Preston Manning Quotes

With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid.

None of my actions have ever sort of been motored by the search for a husband or wondering if I was going to have a family someday or wanting to live in a really great house or thinking it would be really great to have a diamond.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

I like having a woman. I like having someone to come home to, to make all of the hard work feel worth it. I need someone with me. And I want someone.

I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.

I wouldn't rule out L.A. life, but I love England. I have a lovely house and nice garden, I walk my kids to school - family is most important to me.

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.

Being in a relationship grounds you. You feel a sense of home.

Because I had my family, I felt like I could be a bird and fly and experience and do. Because I had roots somewhere, I knew that they would love me no matter what, and I could always go back home and they were going to love me.

Acting wasn't what I wanted to do forever. I wanted a home, and I wanted children.

As long as I'm not living out of a suitcase, I'm happy.

I'd like to have a family.

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.

I like to be home every night with my family.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

Hollywood was possible for a while! Why didn't I go along with it? Well, the other things that were pulling me back were more important. Being at home, being in the same marriage, these things enabled me to go off and travel in the first place.

I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids.

The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.

I've never had an empty house. Ever.

No affairs for me. It is so wonderful to have a family to come home to, to sit with them, pull each other's legs... To lose all of that for what? Who's got the time? I'm having great fun working.

When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.

My wife has joked that if anything ever happened to me, she'd gladly live out her life without anyone else around. I think it bugs her I'm home all the time; such is the life cycle of the cartoonist, however.