Parents Quotes

— Who on earth are they?
— I think that's our little girl.
— That's not little! That's a really big problem.

That's what parents do. They put their children first. Someday you will understand.

Once upon a time

Ruth (James and David's mother)

Season 2

Episode 3

Children

Nobody showed me how to return
The love you give to me.
Mom never hugged me,
Dad loves a stranger more than me.

Akira Yamaoka

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

— When it becomes an adult, one eye moves across, joins the other. Why do they do that? Maybe it's like a... A badge of maturity. They passed
through the nightmare.
— Nightmare?
— The nightmare that separates children from adults.

Children, they always know so much more than we think.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Dr. Perez

Children

Every child wants their parents to stay together. It's a basic survival instinct. And when they split, the child wants them to at least be friends. Some are able to do this, some are not.

We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

Joseph Epstein

— I want you to have what you need.
— All I need is you, papa. Please stay.

Once upon a time

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

She can't lose her mother. No one should.

Once upon a time

Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard

— And what's your skill, "savior"?
— I'm a mother, and now I'm also your leader. So either help me get my son back or get out of the way.

Once upon a time

The Evil Queen / Regina Mills

You know, Haley, there are a lot of great people who had jerks for parents.

Stick It

Judge Westreich

— Why do you find it so hard to talk to me?
— In case you haven't noticed, half the time, you're asleep. And the other half the time, you forget the first half. You're what they call in the law
"in abstentia". An absent parent.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Linda Schell

Oskar Schell

— We're leaving.
— What does the boy think?
— He's a kid. He wants chocolate milk in his cereal. I'm his mother. I know what's best for him.
— What's best for him... or for you?

Once upon a time

Emma Swan

Captain Hook / Killian Jones

— My dad is a Taekwondo grandmaster. Coached me growing up. He always used to say: "Only you can beat you".
— Well, my mom is a lounge singer, and she used to say: "Upstage me and I'll beat your ass".

You know, they say parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Gordon Gekko

Ironic Quotes

Children

For me the valley was a sunny place and I couldn’t see the clouds gathering behind the mountains. My father used to say: «I will protect your freedom, Malala. Carry on with your dreams».

Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

Freedom