"My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it." ― Quentin Crisp Topic(s): Parenting More From Quentin Crisp "It’s no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, ‘Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.’ By then, pigs will be your style." "Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave." "Men get laid, but women get screwed." More In Parenting "I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don’t even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours."― Rita Rudner "You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship."― Connie Sellecca "I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting."― Barbara Bush