Siddharth Shukla Quotes

I am the only girl in the family so everyone pampered me.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

I wanted to be the dad that was able to feed my daughter, hold my daughter, really be there for my daughter.

Growing up South African, I was comparatively in a world of privilege, especially being the youngest and being figuratively wrapped up in cotton wool by the rest of the family.

I had always been a very pampered child.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone.

I didn't have a father when I was growing up, and I vowed to be there with my kids.

Of course there's some things that I would have liked to have... none of my friends growing up had their father in the house. None of 'em. We had uncles and stuff like that, but nobody had a father in the house, none of my friends.

A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.

Childhood is so important. Without a loving one, you're vulnerable throughout your life. We're all the things our parents are - the good and the not so good. Thankfully, I have a wonderful wife who's a brilliant mother.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me.

No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.

I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who lived with us, all doting on me.

I was the oldest of seven kids, so I had no older brother who would say, 'Schmuck, don't do that.'

I wanted to build a family very strongly because I lost my family when I was 15, 14, and I missed the family unit very much.

My husband is a good father, concerned about his children.

Being the youngest, I was a bit of a mama's boy. I was really protected as I grew up, almost like I was in a bubble.