Real Parents Quotes:

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

- Meg Cabot

topic: Kings, Queens, Real, Kings And Queens, Real Parents

When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was, and that my real parents were going to come get me. I was just too different from the rest of the family, so I lived in books and in my imagination.

- Gloria Steinem

source: Interview with Maria Shriver, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2011.

topic: Real, Book, Imagination, Real Parents

Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder.

- Nick Bostrom

source: "In Defense of Posthuman Dignity". Bioethics, Vol. 19, No. 3, nickbostrom.com. 2005.

topic: Mother, Children, Real, Real Parents

You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real people, capable of making mistakes without moping about it.

- Derek Williams

topic: Children, Father, Real, Real Parents

[Caine] "Interesting. Me, I've always wanted to know who my real parents were." [Sam] "Let me guess: you're secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.

- Michael Grant

topic: Real, Interesting, Parent, Gone Series, Muggles

Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them to love me. I already love them. Please see what you can do. Thanks very much. Love, Nudge." Okay, so I'm not saying we were pros at this or anything. (Max thoughts)

- James Patterson

topic: Real, Parent, Nudge, Real Parents

I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.

- Dan Stevens

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Dad, Real, Grateful, Mum And Dad, Real Parents

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.

- Maurice Sendak

topic: Mom, Children, Dad, Mom And Dad, Real Parents

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

- Jane Campion

topic: Daughter, Mother, Real, Enough Movie, Real Parents

My parents played by parents, in the second season [of Suits]. We had a Skype scene and they were my real parents. My parents are cartoons. When they come up and visit, they're hilarious. My mother somehow finds a way to get in the way of everything.

- Rick Hoffman

topic: Mother, Real, Parent, Skype, Real Parents