Quotes About Parenthood

My early comics are really reflective of being kind of a befuddled, single loser in the Bay Area, and I think having kids has been by far the most profound impact on me as a person and as an artist.

Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show.

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

For 'Downside of Bliss,' I drew upon my own personal experiences in order to play Bliss: a penniless, single mother who is estranged from her father and diagnosed with cancer.

I don't want to have another baby, but my little sister is adopted, and I was hoping that one day I could do that...There are so many possibilities.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

I learned to ski from the age of three, which is something I really want to pass on to my son, Rudy.

When you are happy and in love and when you have children, then maybe you are beautiful.

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

Anybody who's had children knows this feeling of deep love. It's a selfless love, an unconditional love. And it makes you kind of examine everything that has happened.

I love being a father, it's wonderful. It's changed my life. All the clichés are true.

The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.

I'd love to have a child. Either one or 40. I love kids.

Having a baby is definitely a labor of love.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

Babies were dangerous . . . they made you fall in love before you knew what was happening.

The act of choosing whether or not to have a child is often an act of love, and always an act of survival.

I absolutely love being a mother.

It's an awesome feeling being a father, because you never think you can fall in love with something so quickly. It was almost immediate.

The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.

I love the surprise element of being a mom.

I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.