92 Movie Quotes about Parenting (+ Sound Clips) - page 9

Updated: Feb 12, 2026

Memorable quotes about parenting, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

81 Now cut that out, boy, or I'll spank you where the feathers are thinnest.

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts

82 Mother, I say mother's little man. Huh. She's trying to make a pantywaist out of that poor kid.

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts

83 Come on, son, let's get on with this babysittin' bit.

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts

84 If you had known my father, you would understand me. He was an absolute ruler. He governed his people with an iron hand, but he gave me a white pony for my fifth birthday.

Claudia Cardinale as Princess Dala in The Pink Panther (1963)

85 Oh, hello, Shorty, what are you doing here? -5 years. -What for? -I forgot what me mother told me. -Should have tied a string around your finger.

Mae West as Lady Lou in She Done Him Wrong (1933)

86 Do you have kids? -No. -You want mine?

Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle

87 Don't go rollin' in poison ivy as soon as I leave the house or lock yourself in a closet or do anything that makes you need stitches.

Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle

88 I work and slave for you, and do I get any thanks for it? No, I don't. What do I get? A demolition derby in my living room.

Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle in Garfield on the Town

89 What kind of example are you settin'? Kids see you bringin' women in here. Gamblers comin' in, beatin' on 'em.

Jim Kelly as Black Belt Jones in Black Belt Jones (1974)

90 I have a nice house, a wonderful husband and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABC's.

Rhea Perlman as Zinnia Wormwood in Matilda (1996)