Quotes About Family

My parents own a restaurant in downtown Oakland - Garden House - and I started working there at 8. I'd work the cash register while people looked at me skeptically. Free child labor!

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.

People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.

We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.

I don't for a second regret my closeness to them because they were wonderful, golden parents who gave me so much confidence.

The paradox is that money never meant anything to me. And it still doesn't, except now as an occasion for regret in that there are things that I want to make sure my family is protected when I pass.

There's not a second I regret having a child on my own.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.

I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.

I regret not having more children. I would have loved to have had a bigger family.

The real boss in the family is my wife. She didn't want me hanging around the house all day and said, 'You don't want to retire; you'll regret it.' So I listened to her.

I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.

I try to be really conscious. I don't want to ever look back and regret not raising my kids and not being around.

I work a lot abroad and have the most wonderful family and kids, but being away, you do miss out sometimes. I really hope I won't regret the choices in the future.

My greatest regret is that my mother died before I could help her materially.

Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.

It is my biggest regret that I let my marriage to Erica fail. It is what it is, and she is doing an incredible job with the kids, and we are in a great place.

I look back in retrospect, and I would never say I regret not one of my children. They are why I live.

I was always fearful I would become That Guy. The guy who had regret. 'Yeah, we won a couple of championships, but I never saw my kids grow up. Yeah, we beat Georgia a couple of times, but I ruined my marriage.'

Men should know that no job is more important than their family. I had that all screwed up for a long time. I regret it.

Sacrifice always seems to imply a bitterness attached to it. But I don't feel bitter about the choices I've made. Yes, I sacrifice a job because I made certain family decisions, but I don't regret it.

With my kids I just missed so many things, and that's a regret I have.

I just don't regret anything I've gone through or anything I have been through with my mum and dad, I'm just proud of who I am.