Carolyn Murphy Quotes

The great thing about having a child is that it keeps you very grounded. When I decided to have my daughter I was ready to have that responsibility and I made it clear to people that I work with that my job was no longer my priority. My daughter is now my priority. She comes first. Period.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

When you become a pa, you have different priorities now, and you're not living for yourself; you're living for someone else now.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a better parent than that is more than okay for me.

I'm not cut out for that life; for sharing my life. Whether it's getting married, or having kids. That too drastically changes your life. Everything important to you becomes less important, because the child gains utmost importance.

You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

I'm only speaking for myself, but having a kid has put everything else in my life in perspective.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility

No matter what, if you're a parent, you have to make sacrifices.

I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children.

I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit.

I had four children, we all had to struggle to get up and get educated, and they all did their part, and we all did the best we could, and that's what a family and a parent is supposed to do.

I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

My son is my routine and priority, period!

People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

When you have a kid, you have to be more mature.