Debbie Rowe Quotes

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

Fatherhood is great.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the parent to make the commitment.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I can easily tap into the feeling of being a mother and the feeling of, you always want what's best for your kids. And that's where most parents come from.

What happens is when you have a kid, you are a unique human being, so you are going to have a unique experience. No one can really tell you what youre going to feel.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

Let's be honest: Parents like me.

I do know I will enjoy family life. What I've seen from moms, or heard stories from people who became a parent, it's such a consuming thing; it's such a wonderful thing. I consider it an extreme luxury to have that time and to not have to do anything else, and just be with my kid.

You earn the title 'parent.' I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title.