Pamela Adlon Quotes

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

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

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

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

I love my kids; I'm very close to all three of them.

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

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

You can go in and out of love and still love somebody, you know? You may not like them so much on the day, but I can tell you that I don't think I've ever been so vulnerable or been so angry in my life - like, those two emotions feel so hurt or so enraged - as when you're dealing with your kids.

I don't know if a mother's love and a father's love is that different.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

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

My mother listened to everything I said, carefully - not that what I said was particularly interesting, but I was her daughter.

It's unconditional love with your kids.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

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