Parenting Skills

These are cathedrals of shopping. - Emile Zola

Inspiration and genius - one and the same. - Victor Hugo

I love shark week, all kids swim for free. - Josh Stern

My parents put a live teddy bear in my crib. - Woody Allen

A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. - Cicero

There's nobody stronger than a single parent. - Unknown

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me. - Rodney Dangerfield

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. - Rodney Dangerfield

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. - Dick Cavett

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. - Bob Talbert

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas Edison

The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth. - Phyllis Diller

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and radio. - Rodney Dangerfield

I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids. - Unknown

We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children. - Unknown

All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them. - Earvin "Magic" Johnson

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. - Phyllis Diller

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. - Cicero

My parents always told me I could do anything, but never told me how long it would take. - Rita Rudner

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway. - Ryan Sheckler

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. - Laurence J Peter

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. - Unknown

I don't believe in e-mail. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up. - Sarah Jessica Parker

I think of inspiration as desire infused with spirit and topped with an almost reckless optimism. - Fred White

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. - Wanda Landowska

You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. - Nobu Matsuhisa

When you do not know what you are doing, and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration. - Robert Bresson

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. - William P Young

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. - Peter Gallagher

You know what it's like having five kids? Imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby. - Jim Gaffigan

I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. - Leon Uris

My parents live in a retirement community, which is basically a minimum-security prison with a golf course. - Joel Warshaw

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates

Inspiration comes unawares, from unaccountable sources that have nothing to do with planning or intelligence. - Maurice Chevalier

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. - Phil Donahue

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. - Horace Bushnell

I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or the acting like you know what you're doing. - Jim Gaffigan

Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller