Joe Kaeser Quotes

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

Most women are not programmed to prefer a great career to a great man and a family. They feel they were sold a bill of goods at college and by the media.

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my three-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at.

I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

My mother was a sociologist and an intellectual, and my father was an industrialist with a business in copper and aluminum wire. He was very strict and he wanted me to work in the family business - for him, the worst thing was having a daughter who worked in fashion.

I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela.

India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.

To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

I wish my parents could have raised every man out there.

I have two children who are daughters, so female issues have always registered high on my scale of awareness.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important to me.

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

I can tell you in all honesty that I am highly connected to my family, my wife, and my three children, though I don't get to spend dollops of hours with them.

I do a lot of solo work in Europe and the Far East, and my main passion is traveling.

I really want my daughter to see that she can go out to work, but equally I want my sons to see it.

I'd love to venture out into some international work. I would like to do some work in Sri Lanka as well.

People have told me, 'You shouldn't bring your daughter onto the podium, 'cause it's the workplace,' and things like that. But I'm not gonna really listen to that. I'm gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything'll be all right.

My focus is supporting my family and children and whatever way that comes, in a healthy way, I'm gonna do it.

When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children.

Very good players have no problem moving to a different country.