My Children Quotes

I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.

I hate a conscience. It's always making you feel low down and disreputable. I don't believe I will say anything to my children about one, and let them have some peace.

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

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

We can't give our children the future, strive though we may to make it secure. But we can give them the present.

We're taught to expect unconditional love from our parents, but I think it is more the gift our children give us. It's they who love us helplessly, no matter what or who we are.

I'm an actress. I'm not putting my life on the line for any great cause. I don't step out too boldly about anything except my children and family.

I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.

My children are my whole life.

It's like having children. You give birth, but then they take on a life of their own. That's what actors do for characters. It's pretty amazing.

I like to spend my time with my children.

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

Every penny from Gossip Girl, my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children.

I want my children to live in the country, to be a part of nature.

I would not let my children act when they are young!

When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.

My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that.

Seeing my children in the morning as they come down from their bedrooms makes my heart come alive. There's just no better moment in my day.

And while we destroy / Our children will grow / Not missing the things they'll never know / A crime against them / Against you and me / A crime against all humanity

I'm fiercely protective of my children even though we are on TV.

Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.

My children are my children. There's no doubt about that at all. They're very strong towards me, very protective, and I towards them. It works both ways.

John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.

I wasn't allowed to use people's real names, such as my siblings and my children's father, but there's nothing fabricated or untrue in my autobiography.

Men always liked me, because I was very damaged and unpredictable, my children's father claims that I have multiple personalities, but I don't.

My children are lovely. They're perfect.

Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive.

I want my children and grandchildren to see what I look like now.

I feel that our planet is in peril and that creating a sustainable planet for my children and my children's children is the most important thing I can do in this lifetime.

Maybe we all need to leave our children with a value legacy, and not a financial one. A value for things with a personal touch - an autographed book, a soul-searching letter.

I think parenting actually makes you lose pieces of your soul again, because they go off, into your children. Or, I mean, I am so fragmented, and I'm such a spacey person.

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.

I recently went for a walk in a state park and found that some of my favorite trees had collapsed. It makes me feel vulnerable, personally and for my children.

People should tell your children what life is all about - it's about work.

Thank God I didn't have my children until I was a little bit older.

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words.

I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!

For me, a good children's book is a good children's book is a good children's book.

It is not too much to expect that our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

Looking out for your children is an ongoing process throughout your life.

I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

When I say, 'We're a team,' the reason why I point that out is because at 'All My Children,' that's the mindset. They're a team. And I've said this to other people: They're like a united front.

My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at the world, be invested in things, to be passionate about things, to have a dream.

My heart's desire is to find more opportunities to give myself away and teach my children the joy of service at the same time.

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

Our children change us... whether they live or not.

We need to do whatever it takes to get our children together and pay attention to them, because that's our future. What's in the hearts and minds of our children is what's in our future.

I doubt that Congress would pass on the opportunity to make sure that our children were safe from terrorists.