Nick Cannon Quotes

My children came along at a perfect time in my life. My career was soaring, and they didn't care who I thought I was. They just wanted to eat. It brought me down to earth.

To have a child when you're older, it wrenches you up out of your nap and makes you look at things, you know, afresh. It forces the world on you. And I think it's a good thing.

Children teach you so much. You take another look at life when you have a child. Everything is new again for you. They ground you.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.

Now that I'm a father of three kids, suddenly the whole world seems different. I don't want to take anything for granted. If you gaze on something and you appreciate it, you become a part of that circle. That seemed to me to be the only relevance I could understand. The space, the time and the vastness of it all was overwhelming. I needed to understand it or I just was lost.

Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.

Children enhance you.

The Lord has been there from wanting to be a momma, to having a wonderful childhood life and dreaming of having a good motherhood as a child; always wanting to meet a good old country boy and having someone to love as much as I love my husband Roland and having a little boy that is a mixture of the both of us.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

Having children really changes your priorities.

Becoming a father has made my life a lot more interesting. It's like everything slows down because time goes slower, and you notice that you're actually awake for so many more hours. Your waking hours elongate because you're doing things at a child's pace.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.

I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

My children teach me to slow down and enjoy life.

I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

I feel blessed: having a family is something that I've always wanted. Having a second child is the realization of a dream come true.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.