A Quote by Johann Lamont

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

Johann Lamont

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Johann Lamont
Scottish - Politician
Born: July 11, 1957

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

Iain Duncan Smith

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

Iain Duncan Smith

Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive.

Patrick Ness

Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.

David Frost

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

David Frost

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

Melissa Harris-Perry

I struggle on many fronts on having to move to a different level, having to cater to constantly evolving audiences.

R. Madhavan

I always had musicians in my band having children, and their wives were the ones at home taking care of the kids. So I never thought much of it. And then suddenly I'm the parent, but I'm the woman, and it's like, 'Ah, what happens now?'

Anoushka Shankar

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Karen Allen

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John Assaraf

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.

Bill Cosby

I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't.

G. Willow Wilson

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

Billy Idol

Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to be an artist and this exquisite selflessness that's required to be a parent.

Liz W. Garcia

New York is breaking my heart. I’ve often said that it’s like having a really interesting boyfriend suddenly becoming really, really into wine, and having to have endless conversations about it.

David Rakoff

I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having been silent.

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