Vera Lynn Quotes

I can tell you in all honesty that I am highly connected to my family, my wife, and my three children, though I don't get to spend dollops of hours with them.

My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I just want to make sure when I have kids, I can spend time with them. That's the whole point.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

And that's where I'm finally at today - my life is about being with my family. This is what's important.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'

When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.

If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.

I don't mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today's world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

We don't have nannies and all that, we look after our own kids. It's just what you do. If you want a big family that's just what you do, isn't it?

Women who maintain jobs outside their homes … weaken family life, endanger their own marital happiness, rob themselves of man’s protective capabilities, and by consequence decrease the number of children. The principal evil in women’s work is that it alienates the life of the wife from the life of the husband …

I love being a dad. I'd do it full-time if I didn't have to make a living.

I'm a single parent, a working mother, an executive, and an author. My greatest accomplishment will be to raise three wonderful children.

I try for my children to have the most normal life. Obviously, they're spoiled. I'm not saying they're not, because we're all very spoiled. But within that, I'd like them to be as down-to-earth as possible.

I think I'll just become a full-time dad, at home, with my family.

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

When I confess a couple who have kids, a married couple, I ask, 'how many children do you have?' Some get worried and think the priest will ask why I don't have more. I would make a second question, 'Do you play with your children?' The majority say, 'but father, I have no time. I work all day.'

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.