#parents

After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers – to their farther trial of their noble independence however they never were exposed. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love-and-friendship #marriage #parents #satire

I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die. ↗

— Bear Grylls

#inspirational #inspirational

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#appreciated #being #being funny #funny #got

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#children #had #neither #never #parents

We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them. ↗

— Peter Chernin

#giving #importantly #internet #leadership #minors

However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States. ↗

— Steven Chu

#china #decided #family #grew #however

If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully. ↗

— Dick Clark

#parents #pick #stay #very #want

My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#been #certainly #consistent #decision #diet

I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about. ↗

— Natalie Cole

#days #even #exposed #i #imagined

We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#alcohol #behavior #binge #communities #drinking