Parents quotes

“- Terry Barkley: Daddy, I need to ask you a favor.
- Lillian Barkley: Well, as long as it's not about skating or disco music.”
Linda Blair - Terry Barkley
Beverly Garland - Lillian Barkley

“Classic foster product. Three-years-old, Marshall Krupcheck witnesses daddy kill mommy then sees daddy kill himself.”

Robert Knepper - Wil Bechler

“You gotta be ready to listen to your children, even if they have nothing to say.”
Garry Marshall - Buck Cluck

“- Rufio: Do you know what I wish?
- Peter Pan: What?
- Rufio: I wish I had a dad... like you.”

Dante Basco - Rufio
Robin Williams - Peter Banning

“- Zammis: Uncle, what did my parent look like?
- Davidge: Your parent looked like... my friend.”
Bumper Robinson - Zammis
Dennis Quaid - Davidge

“- Jimmy Chan: Pop, tell these guys I'm not crazy!
- Charlie Chan: Parent must first convince self of same.”
Victor Sen Yung - Jimmy Chan
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan

“No matter how screwed up our lives may be, we gotta take care of our children.”
Louis Giambalvo - Joe Carangi

“True happiness can only be achieved through sacrifice, like the sacrifices our parents have made for us to be here today.”
William Lee Scott - Tommy

“Parents have this advantage over us. We want to believe in them. And when we don't believe in them, we still just want to be with them.”
Evan Rachel Wood - Miranda

“- Vic: Well, I can think of a problem that's a good deal more important and you, as a parent, are ignoring it completely.
- Earl Keese: What?
- Vic: What is Elaine doing about sex? Is she getting probed?”
Dan Aykroyd - Vic
John Belushi - Earl Keese

“- Lord James Browning Jr.: Thanks for rescuing me tonight. I never get a chance to do this. I never got to be someone.
- Chloe Lawrence: You already are someone, I mean. Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn.”
Jesse Spencer - Lord James Browning Jr.
Mary-Kate Olsen - Chloe Lawrence

“Mommy and daddy looked a long time to find the perfect boy child, but each one they found turned out bad. Some saw things they weren't supposed to, others heard too much, others talked back. Daddy cut out the bad parts, and put the boys in the cellar, one by one. They get flashlights and food of some kind. I suppose they're happy in their own way.”
A.J. Langer - Alice

- Detective Marcus Burnett: Have my daughter back by 10:01. If she's not back by 10:01 I'm in the car, locked, loaded and hunting your motherfucking ass down.
- Detective Mike Lowrey: And I'ma be with him.
[pulls a gun]
- Detective Mike Lowrey: You know what it gonna be if I'm there, gonna be "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" nigga.

Martin Lawrence - Detective Marcus Burnett
Will Smith - Detective Mike Lowrey

“There are some mistakes you cannot risk when you have children.”
Paz Vega - Flor

“- Maurine Collier: I was taught to honor your father and mother. That's what I've tried to teach... I guess I'm not good enough to deserve that kind of respect!
- Karen Collier: Of course you are.”
Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Karen Collier

“- Lucy Van Patten Brodsky: Do you have kids?
- Woman at Party: Yeah, but I'm not into parenting right now.”
Shelley Lee Long - Lucy Van Patten Brodsky
Ida Random - Woman at Party

“Parents and kids always fight. It's the way of the world.”
Jennifer Lynn Connelly - Natalie Becker

“- Mary Katherine Gallagher: I thought you said that mom and dad were savagely ripped apart and eaten by a school of hammerhead sharks.
- Grandma: I just told you that to make you feel better.”
Molly Shannon - Mary Katherine Gallagher
Glynis Johns - Grandma

“I sent two healthy 65-year old parents to South Florida. 30 years later - dead! I mean what is it, the water, the air - it's a death camp!”
Robert Klein - Himself

“We needed to be here. Our kids were turning into snotty, spoiled, little. This is what we needed.”
Adam Sandler - Lenny Feder

“- Danielle: Signore, my name is Danielle de Barbarac, and I am but a servant.
- Leonardo: Yes, and I'm the bastard son of a peasant. What does that have to do with anything?”
Drew Barrymore - Danielle
Patrick Godfrey - Leonardo

“Anyone would think our girls look forward to a grand inheritance. When you die, our girls will be left without a roof to their head nor a penny to their name.”

Brenda Blethyn - Mrs. Bennet

“- Agador: My father was the shaman of his tribe and my mother was the high priestess.
- Armand Goldman: So why the hell did they move to New Jersey?
- Agador: I don't know, they're so stupid.”
Hank Azaria - Agador
Robin Williams - Armand Goldman

“Everybody's parents fucked them up. Rich kids parents gave them too much. Poor kids, not enough. You know, too much attention, not enough attention. They either left them or they stuck around and taught them the wrong things.”
Ethan Hawke - Jesse

“Mom, I'm a lesbian. But don't tell Daddy! I want to wait for a good time; like Father's Day or Christmas Morning!”
Jennifer Dundas - Chris Paradis