Johnny Mathis Quotes

There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.

I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.

I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

As people get older, they get married, have kids. I'm not married. I don't have kids, so I'm able to focus 100 percent on this.

I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids. There are a lot of people in this age bracket that are out there dating and trying to find love. And I never thought that at my age I would be.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

I want a family. I see my sister, and she's on her second baby, and I'm like, 'That's success.' Having a family - I can't wait for that.

I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.

I think a lot of times we're so told in our world that marriage is everything, and having a partner is everything. If you look at our movies and things, it's all directed around that love, and if you don't have that love, how sad you are.

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

I have 14 nieces and nephews.

I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.

I have two beautiful children, a wife who loves me very much and who I love - and my career is going well, too.

I don't have a family. I'd like to have one. I just haven't somehow gotten around to it yet.

I thought I'd be married and a father by 35.

The funny thing is I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all I've never had a husband.

To me, having kids is the ultimate job in life. I want to be most successful at being a good father.

My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother.

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.