Stephen Colbert Quotes

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

My first priority is time with my family.

I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'

I don't waste as much time at work because I'd rather spend it with my kids.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

I'm not willing to spend too much time away from my kids, so I usually don't work that much.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.

My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.

Whenever I am shooting in Chennai, I spend most of my time with my wife and kids. Sometimes, I take my kids to the shooting spot, and they just love it.

With children Love is spelled TIME.

To a child, 'love' is spelled T-I-M-E.

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook.

I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife's a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters.

I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.

Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home.

I like to spend my time with my children.