Parentage is a very important profession, but no t... -George Bernard Shaw

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

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George Bernard Shaw Quotes to Explore

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race....
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it....
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children....
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad....
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office....
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous....
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all....
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own....
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world....
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power....

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If nothing changes, if kids don't get good education and parenting, we'll lose....
Parenting isn't how I imagined it....
Solo parenting is harder than Premier football. It's mentally tough....
Certainly, workers in many industries do not have the privilege of being able to balance parenting at the workplace, and we must fight especially hard...
There's a lot of external issues that have a ripple effect on a family and a lot of internal, practical parenting challenges that families are trying ...
I had a pretty well-adjusted style of parenting. I think my parents were very young, very open. I think I learned many things from them: etiquette and...
As a father you're guilty until proven innocent. You're a second class citizen in terms of parenting. As a father you have to prove your ability to be...
If you put twenty parents in a room together, they will all have different parenting styles due to how they were raised and how they choose to raise t...
I think there's been a big psychological shift in people my age raising children. The world that they are growing into requires a different style of p...
I listen to parenting books on tape....