A biography for Phaedra Parkshasn’t been written yet.
“True friends delight in the building up of one another rather than bashing each other.”
“Marriage is hard, and it is even harder when your marriage is under public scrutiny.”
“In addition to my loving family and friends, I am richly blessed with amazing supporters whose random acts of kindness make me appreciate life even more.”
“I am thankful that I am richly blessed with a busy and engaging life, which keeps me focused.”
“A personal perspective based on experience is always insightful.”
“It's always a great testament to your work and professionalism when you get the personal call from somebody's parents saying, 'Hey, I want you to do the funeral. I want you to prepare the body. I want you to be a part of it. I want you to make sure that it's right.'”
“Oh gosh, vaping is so horrible.”
“I have learned that if I don't share my lessons and blessings born from life's challenges, then my living is in vain.”
“If someone is not perfect, I will try to fix them.”
“When you think of the Bravo family, we are pretty much glamazons.”
“I don't come from a bad family. I come from a middle-class family of educators.”
“We must unite, not as blacks and whites but as human beings in order to effect the change that is necessary to create a world where all of our children are safe and have the opportunity to succeed.”
“I have never been one to cry over spilled milk, because I usually have another gallon or two in the refrigerator to pour.”
“Too often women put themselves on the back burner to take care of everything and everyone else.”
“A lot of fields are dominated by men and of course the funeral business is no different, it's saturated with men so you don't see a lot of women in it. You see these men recreating woman and I don't think men can do a women's makeup or know what a woman looks like without ever truly being a woman.”
“If I'm not an expert, I don't have a problem with allowing the expert to be an expert.”
“Bravo ladies, we love glamour. We love to look pretty. And I wake up like that, honey, I'm going to put on a lash and some blush every day. You are never going to see me undone.”
“I am not surprised by much.”
“I continue to believe that we must be careful about creating misperceptions about people which can be used to fuel stereotypes and injustice.”
“It's very important, particularly for boys, to have a positive male role model to show them how to grow into successful and responsible young men.”