Quotes About Parenthood

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

Fatherhood is the best thing that has happened to me.

People who have children, by and large, want children. People who don't want children are people who, by and large, don't want to have children. And why would you expect one set to be happier than another?

It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.

Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!

My friends who have babies can't do anything. You can't go out at night. Having a baby is like a DUI from the universe.

I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.

I'm definitely up for having a baby.

For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

The stuff that I used to worry about before, it's like I don't worry about it anymore. Which is kind of a beautiful result of having a baby. It's like everything gets so simple. It's like, 'Great, I care about how you're doing. I care about getting you what you need, and the rest of this stuff, if it happens, great, if it doesn't happen, oh well.'

My advice for men who aren't yet parents is to make sure you're a happy person before having a baby.

I'm different to how I used to be but then I think having a baby changes everyone.

Having a baby is the best thing in the world.

I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Having children has been one of the biggest things that has happened to me in my life.

Having children was a revelation - it's like going through a doorway, and everything is different forever.

While childless couples are constantly asked, 'Why they are not having children,' my husband and I are bombarded with a different set of questions: 'Why would you have so many?' or 'Are you done having children?'

Having children is a great responsibility, and I don't want to have kids while I am still playing.

In 2014, having children is complicated and daunting and fraught - as much as it's always been, but now we're talking about it. And the more we talk about it, the more of us will realize that we're not going through it alone. Far from it.

I didn't get round to having children until I was 35, and then I wasn't around very much.

I think it's harder when you get older and you start having children because you've got to get up in the morning and you've got actual responsibilities instead of just writing music for yourself.

Hearing that I had a 3 percent chance of ever having kids was one of the more devastating moments in my life.

When my kids are in college, maybe I'll drag my fishnets and high heels out.