With the amount of money I have, it’s difficult raising children the way I was raised.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

I’m just wanting to make the proper breakfast and keep the house. That’s my passion. At the request of my kids, I’m taking cooking classes. As I go to sleep at night, I think, ‚Did I do a great job as a mom, or was that an average day?‘

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn’t know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that I can pay the rent, I’m worrying about people I care about, you know, the people I love. The little aches and pains of my children that I, my family. That’s always first.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.

Children make your life important.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

Your children will see what you’re all about by what you live rather than what you say.

There’s no political point worth my son’s life.

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.

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don’t have them at all.

Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

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.

The side of fairytales I don’t like is that they always have happy endings, that there’s just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that’s what I try to teach my kids.

All parents are concerned about their children’s well-being. As a parent of three kids, I’m very concerned about their well-being.

I had this child, and it destroyed my family.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn’t danced in television.

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn’t want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

I just want to make sure when I have kids, I can spend time with them. That’s the whole point.

If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.

When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don’t talk about baseball at home.

Homework’s hard. Especially math. My kids joke with me. They tell me they have homework. I say, ‚Okay.‘ And then I sit down and they say, ‚It’s math.‘ ‚No! Not math! English, history, anything!‘

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

People change because of kids. They change how they eat. They change the way they think. They change the way they see one another.

My mother did not like children.

I have no problem yelling at anybody’s kid – free of charge!

There’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.

My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that’s an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you’re doing something good.

I love to dance, but my children tell me I shouldn’t. Can’t see why.

I know from having had a child, and from having been a child myself, that children will copy you.

Plumbers can be masters, the guy who did my patio is a master, some people are masters at raising really great children.

I love being a dad. I just love it.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

Remember that credit is money.

When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

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.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn’t care for it in other people either.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.

I haven’t been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I’ve been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don’t blow money. I don’t have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I’ve already had that experience.

I want parents to teach that academic intelligence is essential, but so is financial intelligence.

Money can’t buy life.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course.

Brad 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.