Andie MacDowell Quotes

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.

I've let a lot of my type A personality go. When you have a kid, the messiness doesn't matter anymore.

I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more special when it's not a daily occurrence. It doesn't cheapen it so much.

I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.

I allow myself to not feel the need to be some sort of wonder woman. You can't do everything at once and tear your hair out when you miss your baby using a potty for the first time, although my son was obviously very sad that his mum was not there on his big day.

I'm not out in the streets. I'm not out in the club, at parties. I'm not really at movie premieres. After games, after practice, I'm home, I'm with my kids, I'm with my girl, and I'm chilling.

I realize that life isn't perfect - it can't be perfect. I can drive myself nuts trying to make it perfect, or I can just have a lot of fun with the kids.

It's good to mind about things but not to give it too much weight, because there are some things you cannot change.

I've had to learn that not everything is so serious.

Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.

The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.

I go along, play football, work as hard as I can, play as hard as I can, and then go home and spend time with my wife and kids.

It's nice to play mum sometimes.

I like to play my game. I don't want to do anything out of control, out of nature.

Now I am just focusing on my daughter, my wife, religion, and training.

My life is to play golf, sit home with the wife and kids, and do things with the family more than I used to.

I wish someone had got hold of me and said, 'You know, children are really good fun. You will have a fantastic time, and you will still work.'

I like the extras in life. Concentrating on serious things doesn't mean you can't also enjoy the lighter ones.

You can't be serious all the time. You got to mix it up.

Sometimes it can be more tiring with the kids than on the bike but I'm absolutely loving it.

We don't have very many nights out on our own, and by most people's standards we don't have much of a social life. But for us the compromise works, and I think the best thing I ever did was to have a family.

I really like sitting down with my daughter to watch programmes like 'Call the Midwife,' '24 hours in A&E,' 'One Born Every Minute' and 'Our Girl.' It's just the two of us, which is really nice.