Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

Quote by Wendy Wasserstein

Topics: Parents Quotes

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick...

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

The trick...is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious...

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper...

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper...

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall...

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.

Life is short, wear tropical shirts.

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...

The ''kingdom of Heaven'' is a condition of the heart -not something that comes ''upon...