Mell Lazarus quotes

“The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.”
-- Mell Lazarus

Source : "Momma". Comic strip by Mell Lazarus, www.washingtonpost.com. October 26, 1970 - July 10, 2016.

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“The secret of life is to skip having children and go directly to grandchildren.”
-- Mell Lazarus

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“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”

“The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child.”

“I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.”

Source : "Adam Sandler Interview GROWN UPS". Press conference, collider.com. June 21, 2010.

“All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.52, Mondial

“You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.”

Source : "The Power List: Adepero Oduye Primed For Hollywood Greatness" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.

“Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.”

“Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.”

“I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.”

“And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies of the human race out of the Temple of God.”

“I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines over the years but are far too elaborate to cover in one article.”