Quotes About Parenthood

I'd like to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum.

I sort of look at some peers of mine and I think, 'No, you've got it all wrong!' I just want to tell them all to have babies and be happy and not get sucked into that Hollywood thing.

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

When I was younger, there were moments where I said, 'I'm not going to have children.' And then moments when I wanted four. And now I definitely want another, but I don't know when.

My wife and I have five children and the reason why we have five children is because we do not want six.

Probably right at the end of JAG, I would love to have a child or two. I ultimately want to have two kids.

When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.

Ma, I'm just trying to get going on those grandchildren you want.

I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children

I think I became more productive through not having children. I never really had the desire to have them. My husband didn't want them either, so it worked out well.

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.

Patience, the full weight of regard, the willingness to listen and the readiness to teach – were these not the responsibilities of parenthood?

I'm thinking about babies. Emma's baby. Jack and my baby. Growing in my mind, if not in my womb.

The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

The dads across the soccer field looked at me as a dad just like them. And I was very grateful.

If Mikkel Kessler thinks I'm going soft just because I'm a dad then he's the one who's gone soft in the head.

Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.

I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!

When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing', that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

Not having children isn't something I regret. I acknowledge that some things have been easier for me than they would have been for others.

I definitely want to have a family without a doubt. I want to know that kind of love, and I'm definitely thinking about it. I'm not afraid to have a little baby bump on stage someday.

I don't have a family. I'd like to have one. I just haven't somehow gotten around to it yet.