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Letter "P" » Parents
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«Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy»
«Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.»
Author: Phyllis Diller
| About:
Children,
Parents,
Relationships
| Keywords:
at times, Keep On Running, run away, threaten
«Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the time we have left to us. Our children are gaining life, and our parents are losing it.»
Author: Stanley H Cath
| About:
Achievement,
Children,
Parents
| Keywords:
accomplishments, gaining, Janus-faced, Janus, middle age
«I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible...and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.»
«Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.»
Author: Billie Holiday
| About:
Memory,
Parents,
Problems
| Keywords:
a couple of, couple, eighteen, married couple, mom, pop, sixteen
«I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.»
Author: Casey Stengel
(Baseball Player, Manager)
| About:
Baseball,
Parents,
Thankfulness
| Keywords:
babe, Babe Ruth, balls, big league, knuckle, knuckles, league, Ruth, thankful
«My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow»
«Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.»
«Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.»
«Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.»
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