Raising Quotes

Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.

And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.

Mama gave birth to a hell raising heavenly son. See the doctor tried to smack me, but I smacked him back.

Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy... (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never could tell if he was drunk or sober.

Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.

There are no absolutes in raising children. In any stressful situation, fathering is always a roll of the dice. The game may be messy, but I have never found one with more joys and rewards.

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

I think that poetry is perfect for women raising children, with just bits of time and such need to connect to other women out of the isolation of motherhood.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

...make dads the godly leaders [of the family] with the women in submission, raising kids for the glory of God.

We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

There's no need there to sit with the filmmaker for 11 years to develop the script, or go round the world raising money.

I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.

Raising children has given me a compassionate and gracious heart for all children and people, realizing we don't always know the circumstances behind closed doors.

In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.

The deepest change begins with men raising children as much as women do and women being equal actors in the world outside the home.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

If you don't believe in the innate unreasonableness of human beings, just try raising children.

Sometimes to be a good parent... You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when you want to laugh. And that is why good parenting is tough.

We accept the need to train extensively to fly a plane; but think instinct should be enough for marrying and raising kids.

There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.

Raising children is the hardest job that there is on the face of the Earth.

When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'

We're not raising children with the love that we need to.

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.

The secret to raising children is to love them... And teach them to operate in a way you can tolerate them the best.

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Raising children made me determine what I stand for, what I believe in, and who I want to be because, ultimately, I'm who they'll look to as an example.

Raising children pushed me to walk the walk and practice life as I preach it.

Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.

I am no longer going to go along with this idea that we're going to keep spending and borrowing and taking over and raising taxes, that I'm going to do everything I can to change things.

Raising children changes everything. It's a complete cliché to say that, but it's really true.

The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (<$9.24/hr) are held by adults. A quarter are adults over 40. Another quarter are moms raising kids.

We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.

I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.

More and more men are raising children or want to be close to their kids. They don't want to just lead work-obsessed lives and end up 50 years later with an engraved watch.

As a mom, I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

What I have proposed would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy, because they have made all the gains in the economy.

Donald Trump would end up raising taxes on middle-class families.

Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.

I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

We live in a very modern age and the dynamic of raising kids and being a professional are intersecting a lot more - especially for women.

Imagine his delight after it 'leaked' that he will propose raising taxes on the wealthy by $320 billion over the next 10 years, including increases to the capital gains and inheritance taxes.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.