Jo Brand Quotes

If they're acting like a dog, sometimes you're forced to treat people like dogs.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

Americans should be treated as a naughty spaniel. If it snaps at you, hit it across the face.

The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.

Force is not a remedy.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

I'm going to be a strict mum. I know that love is the most important thing - you've got to have lots of kisses and cuddles - but you also need to mix it with discipline or you'll be in a heap of trouble.

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

I try to be a hard boiled sometimes. My kids see right through it. I'm acting. It's always, 'When I say you'll be back at 11, that means 11, not 11.15. Do you hear me!?' Then, 'Yeah, Dad.'

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.

If you do not accept the yoke of the Church and the King of Spain, I will make war on you everywhere in every way that I can. The death and destruction will be your fault.

to vex and oppress each other.

Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.

To correct senseless people, the sword has to be taken up.

War is about killing on both sides until one side says I will do what you want me to do.

We have a nanny in the house, but there are always times when one of my kids does something bad or wrong, and they'll listen to me more than they do the nanny. So I think it's important to set up that boundary of respect for them at a young age, so they will know, 'I better listen to Mommy.'

My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.

I've raised my boys the old-fashioned way, with spankings, sending them upstairs if they misbehave at parties, the works. I believe discipline is the proof of love.