parenting aspirations Quotes

A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero

What I wanted originally was six kids.

How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle, adventurous and competitive but still nurturing and friendly, sweet yet sharp. We know as working women that we can't quite have it all, but that hasn't stopped us from wanting it all for them.

My goal was to have one husband and seven children, but it turned out to be the other way around.

We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children seem to miss so passionately. We didn't want those things anymore. We wanted a baby.

I'm one of those people, since I was 5, I could tell you I was going to have kids. I could tell you I was going to have three. I could tell you they were going to be girls. But I have never wanted to get married. I never played bride. I was never interested. I don't know what it is; I never wanted to get married.

I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.

For all adults who haven't had a very rosy childhood, the first thing they will tell you is that they want to give their child everything that they did not have. That's something that has stuck with me.

I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to it. Except maybe having kids.

I am really good at saving my money... I want, like, 100 kids, so I'm going to have to save a lot of money for that.

I just want to be that to my children. The ultimate father.

I used to love watching that programme '19 Kids And Counting' and I thought I might just keep going and have 19 kids myself. I had these big plans to home-school them all and I even wanted to be a surrogate as well.

I'd be lying if I said, 'No,' to wanting a lot of kids.

My main hope for my children would be that whatever profession or calling they choose in life, that they pursue it with passion.