Martin Bashir Quotes

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

I've always been way closer to my mom. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

My parents did divorce, but my dad has always been present for me and loving me and my mom as well when she was alive.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

There wasn't a kid in my neighborhood who knew his dad. My mother did it for us, and she still thinks I'm an underachiever.

As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to do the best they can.

I was thinking, mothers show their love for their sons so much greater than dads do.

I can easily tap into the feeling of being a mother and the feeling of, you always want what's best for your kids. And that's where most parents come from.