Parents quotes

“I would say that my parents were intermittently proud of me.”
John Patrick Shanley

“When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it.”
John Patrick Shanley

“I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me to get a scholarship.”
Ryan Murphy

“When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.”
Nick Cassavetes

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today because you're all dead... and it's all my fault. Mom, Dad, you fed me, kept a roof over my head until I killed you. Which I guess doesn't make me a very good son. But I'm gonna try to change.”
Devon Sawa - Anton Tobias

“We found a silent soothing world where there was no pain. A world without mothers or fathers.”
Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo

“At age 11, I audited my parents. Believe me, there were some discrepancies, and I was grounded.”
Will Ferrell - Allen Gamble

“There are no illegitimate children in this world; only illegitimate parents!”
Joan Plowright - Mary Wallace

- Elizabeth Shaw: What happens when Weyland is not around to program you anymore?
- David: I suppose I'll be free.
- Elizabeth Shaw: You want that?
- David: "Want"? Not a concept I'm familiar with. That being said, doesn't everyone want their parents dead?
- Elizabeth Shaw: I didn't.
Noomi Rapace - Elizabeth Shaw
Michael Fassbender - David

“As of next Monday, no parent will be permitted to see an R-rated movie, unless accompanied by a kid.”
Matthew McCurley - Winchell

“- Benjamin: [about his Dad] Does he have a boyfriend at the moment?
- Felicia: No, no he doesn't.
- Benjamin: Neither does Mum. She used to have a girlfriend, but she got over her.”
Mark Holmes - Benjamin
Guy Pearce - Felicia

“Maybe the notes I hear are the same ones my parents heard, the night they met. Maybe that's how they found each other. Maybe that's how they'll find me.”
Freddie Highmore - August Rush

“Everything changes when you have children. You don't think about yourself anymore. You think about nothing but them. You'd go around the world for them, you selfish yuppie!”

Richard Tiffany Gere - Dennis Peck

“- Torrance Shipman: Will Advanced Chem get you off my back?
- Christine Shipman Not completely, but it'll help.
- Torrance Shipman: Done.You know, mothers have killed to get their daughters on squads.
- Christine Shipman: That mother didn't kill anybody. She hired a hit man.”

Kirsten Dunst - Torrance Shipman
Sherry Hursey - Christine Shipman

My parents have been married for 26 years. They're like brother and sister at this point. She goes to the bathroom with the door open. That would be "A". And "B" that's disgusting.
Janeane Garofalo - Vickie Miner

“I'm DMZ. That's what my parents call me. It means demilitarized zone. When they throw things at each other I'm off limits.”
Rebecca Smart - DMZ

“My parents did put the first two down payments on my childhood. Don't get me wrong, but they did also return me to the hospital as defective.”
Robert De Niro - Rupert Pupkin

“- Harry Dunne: Boy, I sure wish I could have been there when she was little.
- Lloyd Christmas: Whatever. That's all water under the fridge now, Har. Think of the bright side. You're finally getting to meet her, and you never had to change those poopy diapers.
- Harry Dunne: That's called being a parent, Lloyd. Besides, I changed your poopy...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne
Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas

My mom and dad are very religious. At night I hear them scream "Jesus!".
Sarah Stafford - Girl #1

“- Brad: Nick, your job and everything aside, I hope you understand that second hand smoke's a real killer.
- Nick Naylor: What are you talking about?
- Brad: I just hope you're providing a smoke-free environment for Joey is all I'm saying.”

Daniel Travis - Brad
Aaron Eckhart - Nick Naylor

“- Mom: Well, you could use some help. What if you gave him a job?
- Dad: I don't want him sellin' used cars!
- Mom: Why not? It's good enough for you.
- Dad: Who says its good enough for me?
- Mom: You do.”
Barbara Barrie - Mom
Paul Dooley - Dad

“- Peter Banning: You're not old enough to shave! What are you doing with a sword? And flying around... this is an insurance nightmare! What is this, some sort of Lord of the Flies preschool? Where are your parents? Who's in charge, here? No! No, Mr. Skunkhead with too much mousse. You are just a punk kid. I want to speak to a grown-up!
- Rufio:...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robin Williams - Peter Banning
Dante Basco - Rufio

“- Maggie: We could move in with your folks.
- Bobby: Oh, shit...
- Maggie: They have two extra bedrooms.
- Bobby: We are not moving in with my parents.
- Maggie: It'd just be temporary.
- Bobby: I'd have to kill myself first.”
Rosemarie Dewitt - Maggie

“- Molly: I want my mommy and daddy.
- Pepper: Uh, Molly, we ain't got mommies and daddies, and we ain't never gonna have 'em. That's why we're called orphans.”
Sarah Hyland - Molly
Marissa Rago - Pepper

“- Barbara Bush: The fact is you can't win.
- George W. Bush: Why do you say that?
- Barbara Bush: Because you're too much like me. You're loud, and you've got a short fuse. Now, Jeb is like your father. He thinks before he speaks.”
Ellen Burstyn - Barbara Bush
Josh Brolin - George W. Bush