P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.

Parenting is more than a numbers game: it's a question of whether people are equipped for the toughest job they will ever be asked to do.

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

The British have always made terrible parents.

Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.

I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no right way to raise your children. You have to find your own way. It's your way and it's your child.

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older, I think I'd be rather good.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means.

We've got to focus and make sure that we're great parents.

One of the biggest lessons I've learnt is patience. It's critical when raising a child.

There's no mantra for bringing up a kid.

I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.

Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of course, it's much more complicated than that.