Jimmy Fallon Quotes

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

Rules rooting in sweeping moral judgment don’t generally work in family law for the same reason that they don’t work for families. Kids love and need the parents they have, not necessarily the parents we love.

My husband is a good father, concerned about his children.

I join President Obama and the vast majority of Chicagoans who are tired of waiting for Washington to get serious about gun violence.

Our kids come first, and we really put them at the top of our priority list.

One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.

Every gun regulation that President [Barack] Obama has advocated for, California has already. And it didn't stop terrorism.

All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.

The National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization that tacitly supports the killing of children more than it supports reasoned gun legislation.

There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.

Things change when you have children; your priorities change.

I hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life - the relationship between parent and child.

We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage. To me, there is no difference between 'natural' and 'adopted.' My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don't apply. I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted. Mom and Dad even took in foster children. 'There are no limits to how much you can love,' Dad always said.

We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama came out against lunatics with guns, she gave the rebuttal.

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.

My favorite things in life are my children. If somebody wants to understand me, there's no better window into that than my children.

Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold them and love them, nurture and teach them to fullness and leave them to be what they are.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

You don't have favourites among your children, but you do have allies.

Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child-with-bloody-nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child-with-bloody-nose was told to go to the yard immediately and stop bleeding on the carpet.

Love the one who wears your ring. And cherish the children who share your name. Succeed at home first.

Every day I ask my husband, 'Is it possible to over kiss your child?' I literally think I kiss him 200 times in a day. It's not normal!

Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.