David Hepworth Quotes

My mother was very strict, and though I was reserved, I did give in to certain demands of my age, like sneaking out of the house to hit Dublin.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

Momma was the important woman in our home. She never let me forget that she was boss. I was always in the shadow. Every time I tried to step out on my own, I was in trouble with her.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

My parents were very strict with me when it came to boys and dating.

I know what it was like to not have a voice, so my daughter has a voice. I veto that voice when needed because at the end of the day I am the grown-up, but I hear her.

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

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.

I only saw my father twice a year. If I'd seen him all the time I'd probably have murdered him by now. He was very strict.

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school.

My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.

My mother was a master juggler. If you ask her, she'll say she was a wreck. There's plenty of screaming that went on in the house, but I think it was necessary just to be heard. There were eight children!

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

I quit college and neglected to tell my dad.

My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.

My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.