When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment’s notice.
Clint EastwoodLike all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.
Queen Elizabeth IIAs a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else’s, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.
Michelle ObamaI became the kind of parent my mother was to me.
Maya AngelouHe that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Benjamin FranklinWith every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.
Michelle ObamaI think that’s something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind. And I think that’s one of the reasons that we, not only as women but as families, we have to advocate for early childhood education for all of our children.
Dolores HuertaBeing a kid’s not easy. You’re transforming and becoming a human being. At some point, you have everyone taking care of you, and then, all of a sudden, you’re out in the world.
Jocko WillinkRecommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig van BeethovenI was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.
Dwayne JohnsonIf you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.
John C. MaxwellA happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard ShawI’m not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, ‚All right! Get out of the room.‘
Adam SandlerMaking your dad happy is – especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I’ll tell you – it feels really good.
Lady GagaI’ve always put everybody else’s child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.
Abby Lee MillerYou learn that there’s no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It’s just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don’t let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.
Stephen CurryWhen I was growing up, there was nobody in my family – not even my mother – who I could look to and be like, ‚I know you’ve never said anything homophobic.‘ So, you know, you worry about people in the business who you’ve heard talk that way. Some of my heroes coming up talk recklessly like that.
Frank OceanYou’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.
Dr. SeussMarriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
Abraham MaslowI had my first baby at twenty-one.
Alice MunroMother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
William Makepeace ThackerayThose who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
AristotleWe must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
H. L. MenckenMy three children have brought me great joy.
Stephen HawkingNever have more children than you have car windows.
Erma BombeckMy mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.
Dwayne JohnsonIt’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
Taylor SwiftI grew up around lots of men – my father, my brothers, my uncles – so I wasn’t intimidated by them.
Dolly PartonAll that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Abraham LincolnMy parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.
Taylor SwiftFathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
Oscar WildeYou definitely want your kids to understand their heritage, but I don’t want my kids to just focus on being black. They are people. I don’t want them to judge other people or to be judged. I want them to be good people, so good people will treat them accordingly. I preach that to my kids and everything else falls into place.
Kevin HartI don’t travel with them, but they can’t be missing in my home. There have to always be dominoes… I used to play with my family – dad, my grandpa, my uncles.
Bad BunnyMy chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.
Angelina JolieMy mother was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that women had to be dominated by men.
Dolores HuertaI know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you.
Alice WalkerI did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.
Robert KiyosakiAll men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
Henry David ThoreauI can’t stress to you enough how much I can relate to teens being cyberbullied. Something that helps me is looking at old videos of me and my friends from middle school, or videos of my family. I love watching funny videos of my favorite people – it really cheers me up.
Ariana GrandeThis is a moment that I deeply wish my parents could have lived to share. My father would have enjoyed what you have so generously said of me-and my mother would have believed it.
Lyndon B. JohnsonMy dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
Dolores HuertaI had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, ‚We’re black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we’re all brought up differently.‘
Kevin HartFor me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.
Beyonce Knowles‚Doo-wop‘ is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.
Bruno MarsOne of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.
Michelle ObamaSince the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.
Jackie ChanIn search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.
Alice WalkerYou know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, ‚Joey, the guy in Olyphant’s out of work, it’s an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law’s out of work, it’s a recession. When you’re out of work, it’s a depression.‘
Joe BidenMy children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.
Vivienne WestwoodMy parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘
Stephen CoveyWhen you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.
Adam SandlerThe joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis BaconBrad and I have never wanted our kids to be actors, but we also want them to be around film and be a part of Mommy and Daddy’s life and for it not to be kept from them, either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.
Angelina JolieWhen I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn’t afford to pay attention.
Mr. TI’m just a friendly person; that runs in my family.
Dolly PartonMy parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really.
Amy WinehouseThe family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI’m not an analyzer. I’ve got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don’t analyze people.
Billy GrahamAs a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.
Dwayne JohnsonEverything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.
Arnold Schwarzenegger