The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny.

I have a lot of other stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right, I’ll just know. If I had a girl, she’d probably be really rebellious. She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in Barbados.

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they’re so visible. They’re out in the open. When they’re visible, it’s a lot easier to deal with them.

It’s true; once you are a father, there’s no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

We want our marriage to be a triumph, not a tragedy.

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of ‚Don’t do this‘ and ‚Don’t do that.‘ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

If you’ve ever hauled a 28-pound two-year-old around New York, you’ll find that men fold at the knees a lot quicker than women.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.

It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

Too many people treat parenting like it’s the 20th item on their to-do list.

You 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.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.

I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.

As a country, we can’t teach kids how to read and write when we got 18 years to do it. And that’s – that’s a disgrace.

I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it’s absolutely true.

You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.

Giving a poor person money keeps them poor.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that’s what you’re looking for, go live with a car battery.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that’s where a lot of preachers‘ kids get off base sometimes. Because they don’t see the same things at both places.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don’t know what I do, then the next day the memory returns. And then I am engulfed in shame.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.

I 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.

Do 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.

It’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that’s called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.

I don’t think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!

I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

My family didn’t have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, ‚Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?‘ And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

I 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.‘

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man.