Cobie Smulders Quotes

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be.

Some parents want to be popular, but that's not their job.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

I often find that the best parents are the ones without children.

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.

I feel simultaneously completely vulnerable and made wholly brave by becoming a parent. It has changed the way that I live my life. Because I want to be an example for my son.

As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to do the best they can.

I was raised mostly by my mom.

I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.

Let's be honest: Parents like me.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

When you have your own kid, it suddenly makes you more aware of how your parents treated you and educated you. Your relationships with your partner, your uncles, your mother all change; you're more conscious of where you came from, of where your roots are. I find that very interesting.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.