Katey Sagal Quotes

Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I'm certain that my daughter will have a better mother in me if I'm doing the things that I'm excited about and that I'm passionate about.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

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

It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up.

There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.

My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.

I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

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

I want to work, but being a mom is my No. 1 priority.

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

Juggling being a mom and an entertainer is a challenge I face every day.

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are.

I won't give up my day job of design.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum... I know I am a great mother.

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job and go to work feeling secure because I'm with a family.

I really wanted to be a mom. I didn't want my kids to be raised by a nanny, which would have been the case if I were working two movies in a year, you know? And I would have been hospitalized with fatigue.