Quodid The Ultimate Quotation Repository

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.

—Dorothy Parker

More about this quote

Tags:
children home parenting
Permalink for this quote

About Dorothy Parker

Portrait of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

More quotations from Dorothy Parker

More quotations tagged with “parenting”

As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they happen to be a little shorter than you doesn't mean they are dumber than you. A lot of people make that mistake, and forget how much value there is in raw intuition — and there's plenty of that in every child. They may not have verbal skills or manual skills yet, but that is no reason to treat them like they're inferior little lumps whose destiny it is to grow up to be inferior big lumps like you.

—Frank Zappa

More about this quote

Tags:
children parenting skills
Permalink for this quote