Parents

Quotations about Parents

Using Quotations in a Speech or Text about Parents

As well as keeping your audience engaged, adding quotations to a speech or a text can significantly enhance its impact and effectiveness. Quotations are useful for explaining complex ideas concisely, much in the same way that analogies are used. Additionally, quotations from experts or celebrities can add credibility to your message.

Here are some funny and poignant quotations about parents. If your speech is serious, do not automatically avoid funny quotations as they can often be the most impactful, forcing your audience into the thinking about the hidden analogous message in your selected quotation.

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." (British actor Peter Ustinov)
"When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth." (Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw)

If you are looking to make a fuller speech about parents, then below this selection of quotations are three funny themes and three serious themes on the topic of parents that might help trigger some ideas for your speech or text.

"If your parents never had children, chances are ... neither will you." Dick Cavett (American TV presenter, 1936-)

"Parenting tip: Wine" anonymous

"90% of parenting is just thinking about when you can lie down again." anonymous

"If evolution works, how come mothers only have two hands?" Milton Berle (American comedian, 1908-2002)

"You know your life has changed when going to the grocery store by yourself is a vacation." anonymous

"I don't want to sleep like a baby, I want to sleep like my husband." anonymous

"75% of every parent's daily calories probably come just from licking knives." anonymous

"Having one child makes you a parent. Having two kids makes you a referee." David Frost (English broadcaster and writer, 1939-2013)

"Buying your kid a goldfish is a great way to teach them about responsibility for 24-36 hours." Conan O'Brien (American television host, 1963-)

"Why don't kids understand their nap is not for them, but for us?" Alyson Hannigan (American actress, 1974-)

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." Oscar Wilde (Irish dramatist and poet, 1854-1900)

"Maternity is a matter of fact. Paternity is a matter of opinion." Walter Bagehot (English economist, 1826-77)

"I'm still working. I need the money. Money, I've discovered, is the one thing keeping me in touch with my children." Gyles Brandreth (English writer and broadcaster, 1948-)

"If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent." Bette Davis (American actress, 1908-89)

"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going." Phyllis Diller (American actress, 1917-2012)

"Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist." Michael Levine

"Your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you want them to approve of your life, still you only call them when you're in crisis and need something." Chuck Palahniuk (American writer, 1962-)

"A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy – and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy until they die!" Philip Roth (American novelist, 1933-)

"If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson (which is not at all necessary), hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example." George Bernard Shaw (Irish dramatist, 1856-1950)

Thinking Template for a Speech or Text on Parents

Below are 3 funny themes and 3 serious themes related to parents. These have been included to help you identify areas to explore.

Funny Themes:

Parenting Parodies: Hilarious Tales of Parenting Fails
- Share amusing stories or anecdotes about funny parenting mishaps, from diaper disasters to hilarious bedtime routines, highlighting the humor in the challenges of raising children.
Family Follies: The Funniest Sibling Rivalries
- Explore humorous anecdotes or stories about sibling dynamics and family rivalries, discussing the comical side of growing up with brothers and sisters.
Parental Wisdom: Laughable Lessons Learned
- Discuss comical lessons learned from parents or funny advice given by parents, showcasing the humorous side of parental guidance and wisdom.

Serious Themes:

Parenting Challenges: Navigating Parenthood with Grace
- Discuss the challenges parents face, from balancing work and family life to navigating children's emotional development and education.
Parenting Styles: Influence, Impact, and Adaptation
- Explore different parenting styles and their impact on children's upbringing, discussing authoritative, permissive, and other approaches to parenting.
Parental Support: Resources, Networks, and Community
- Address the importance of parental support networks, community resources, and access to parenting education and support services for families.

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