Quotes About Family

I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like the vast majority of people in America, I couldn't take unpaid leave.

All I knew about shot putting was that my [older] brother could do 44 feet. I decided I wanted to beat him. . . . So I got a shot and went to work and made up my mind to do 45 feet.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.

It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.

My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.

I felt I had to work even harder in order to help two sets of parents. Most of my money I send home to let my parents manage. The rest I use for living expenses in America.

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.

My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

My brother is an agent, so he is in the business. Is he my agent? No, no, no. That would never work.

I don't waste as much time at work because I'd rather spend it with my kids.

Modern women like to think we invented the idea of balancing work and family but women have always done it.

I always joke around with my parents and say that if Hollywood doesn't work out I'll go to Broadway!

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.

You know what the economics are like in Red Lake County. There's no way a family can pay $15,000, $20,000 a year for health insurance and make it work. You just can't do it. It's got to change.