“ The wisdom of our parents, grandparents, ancestors. In each individual life, it seems, we must first reject that wisdom, then later come to appreciate it. ”
- Tad Williams- Copy
- 2K
“ I read a lot. And both of my parents, I think, would have wanted to be writers. It's funny how one ends up doing the things that-that parents-perhaps, the dreams that parents couldn't fulfill. I know that my mother would have been beyond herself to have had a story published in The New Yorker. ”
- Alma Guillermoprieto- Copy
- 775
“ Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it. ”
- Grant Hill- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. ”
- Russell Baker- Copy
- 2.5K
“ You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ”
- William D. Tammeus- Copy
- 170
“ Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers. ”
- Moo hyum Roh- Copy
- 1.8K
“ No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids. ”
- Anthony Quinn- Copy
- 1.2K
“ The best brought-up children are those who have seen their parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the parents' first duty. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 3.3K
“ In Boston they ask, "How much does he know?" In New York, "How much is he worth?" In Philadelphia, "Who were his parents?". ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 338
“ The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 4K
“ The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. ”
- Haim Ginott- Copy
- 3.4K
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