My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God – I thank God every time I think of it – I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.
Maya AngelouI always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
Vivienne WestwoodIt would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.
Karl LagerfeldYou 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 CurryI am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
George Bernard ShawI want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.
Robert KiyosakiWhen I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.
Abby Lee MillerIn truth, I did enjoy the benefits of a Harvard connection.
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
Theodore RooseveltUnfortunately, the highly curious student is a small percentage of the kids.
Bill GatesMy mother taught children to love to dance.
Abby Lee MillerIt is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
Desmond TutuModern cynics and skeptics… see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
John F. KennedyI would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.
Anthony BourdainI live half the year on Necker, a tiny island in the Caribbean, and it’s always full of people in party mode. Everyone comes up to the big house, and we’ll be dancing until the early hours to the island’s band, the Front Line.
Richard BransonOne 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 ObamaIf we help an educated man’s daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? – not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?
Virginia WoolfThere’s nothing better than having a baby. I’ve always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I’d be overwhelmed, and it’s true… I can’t tell you how much my attitude has changed since we’ve got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.
Kurt CobainMy first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls… that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.
Michelle ObamaHow do people relate to movies now, when they’re on portable devices or streaming them? It’s not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.
Keanu ReevesEach new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Thomas SowellPeople have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.
Stephen CurryMilk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Carl JungI’m home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.
BonoFeels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.
Adam SandlerI think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can’t imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.
Stephen CurryThe great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!
Angelina JolieIt wasn’t so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it’s just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.
Michelle ObamaIf I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.
Karl LagerfeldTo the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough.
Mr. TLet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
HippocratesI’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.
Audrey HepburnKids are watching us. I experience it every single day. They hang on my every word, what I wear, what I say.
Michelle ObamaCheck your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
Dwayne JohnsonDo I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you’re in, you’re gonna worry about raising kids. But it’s champagne problems, too. There are people who can’t feed their kids.
Kanye WestFame is like caviar, you know – it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.
Marilyn MonroeWhen you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
Tom BradyAfter momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
Dolly PartonI’ll live in Puerto Rico until the day I die.
Bad BunnyAs a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child’s life is but also how much hard work it takes. Being able to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones is absolutely vital, especially early on.
Richard BransonNo, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.
Russell M. NelsonMusic is part of the life of fashion, too.
Karl LagerfeldI imagine I will spend my days traveling from country to country to visit our children, who I expect will live around the world.
Angelina JolieThe unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
Joseph AddisonDrinking water is essential to a healthy lifestyle.
Stephen CurryI 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.
Dolly PartonIf children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhen I’m around the kids I feel like I act the most grown-up just because you’re supposed to. And I say things, like every other day, that remind me of my own parents.
Adam SandlerI’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much – if at all.
Steve JobsUntil 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years.
Hermann HesseI did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.
Robert KiyosakiWe ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
PlatoMy husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.
Dolly PartonI want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.
Michelle ObamaWhen 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 SandlerChristianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.
Joyce MeyerMy experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about – having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.
Kevin HartChildren wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
William ShakespeareModeration is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde