Robert Rodriguez Quotes

Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.

I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.

Although I managed my schedule to be home by late afternoon most days, basically, Roselle raised our children alone. And so I missed out on a lot of wonderful moments, missed watching my kids grow into the wonderful people they are today.

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

My only regret in life is that I didn't spend as much time with my kids as I now wish I had.

If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.

I'm a really nostalgic person. I love taking photos and video and having memories. I remember all my childhood videos that my dad used to take. I think that's really what life is about - especially when you start a family of your own.

Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.

I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.

I will go back to riding one day - when I have kids. I have such amazing childhood memories of being on horseback.

I pile up the press clippings and send them off to my mother. She's got a scrapbook going back to when I was, like, eight years old.

Watching your children growing up makes you aware of time passing. You think, 'Oh, God, look at them now! He won't be like this for much longer.'

The things about my childhood that I really loved the most, writing about those things was hard because I knew they would never happen again.

We were Londoners for about seven years during the decade they called the naughties. My first son, Finn, was born over there. He's actually very proud of that fact.

My brother and I have a profound nostalgia for our youth, and I think people need to come to terms with things leaving and being gone.

Children...they string our joys, like jewels bright, upon the thread of years.

Don't blink. You just might miss your babies growing like mine did. Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your 'better half' Of fifty years is there in bed. And you're praying God takes you instead. Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think So don't blink.