Ainsley Earhardt Quotes

I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

I used to work until two in the morning every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.

We are all trying to balance our careers and children and give as much of ourselves and our time to them. You work and have a husband, and projects, and friends. It is a balancing act.

I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites.

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.

People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level.

Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

I don't remember my life before I had children.

There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.

Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.

The minute I had him, my son, I realized that I had to just time-manage in a way that I never had to before.

I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out.

Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.

With young kids (I have four including the newborn) times passes weirdly for me.

You have to prioritize what you stress about when you have a child.

I have the life of Riley. I take my kids to school, do a bit of work in the afternoon, pick my kids up, microwave a meal, hang out with my kids, and work for a couple of hours.

I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.

It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.

On a piece of prose, you have to work at least six hours a day. I don't know how you can do that and teach and raise a kid and paint the house.

I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.