Julie Bowen Quotes

I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.

I am an early riser.

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.

I get up at the same time every morning.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal.

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I have three boys. Sometimes my wife and I really have to battle to keep video games from encroaching.

Getting into a sleep routine before the first week of school will aid in easing the shock of waking up early.

I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'

I write when the baby is asleep or when I'm on the road I write a lot... There's always time to do it. It's like getting exercise.

I just tell myself I gotta get up at 8 A.M. I don't even use an alarm clock.

Even if I go to sleep late I'm still going to wake up early.

Left to my own devices, I would go to bed at 2:30 or 3, but I can't do that if I'm getting up at 6:50!

I've done yoga, and it's fun, but I'm not the kind of person that can wake up and do it every morning. It's like, I have to be in the mood.

What I understand about this concept of why is that it functions exactly the same way as parenting or exercise or any of these things we claim to invest in.

My life is routine-obsessed. I'm OCD, and if I'm not at home, I always get up early and exercise. I don't crash and burn at night, not these days, so early-ish to bed. At home, I have three small boys who bring me down to earth with school runs and endless meals.

If you have a child, you'll notice they have two states: asleep or online.

I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you just see kids disrespecting their parents, you see kids cursing and all kind of things that shouldn't be done.

Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children don’t have what it takes to scold. You need only three things, really. You need time, to think up scolding things to say. You need effort, to put these scolding things in a good order, so that the scolding can be more and more insulting to the person being scolded. And you need chutzpah, which is a word for the sort of show-offy courage it takes to stand in front of someone and give them a good scolding, particularly if they are exhausted and sore and not in the mood to hear it.

I think most writers have to have a practice of writing. For me it is very early in the morning. I try to make it a separate world from the rest of my life.

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.

Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

I think the boarding schools are like miniature versions of "Lord of the Flies."

My daughter wants to throw a stone at a bad man. I stop her from throwing, shaking my head and giving her a little slap. My disapproval is complete. You think: 'That's right, she shouldn't throw a stone even at a villain.' Then I hand her a brick to throw.