Willie Geist Quotes

Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

I'd always imagined that one day I would be a father, but mostly it was off my radar. I admired friends who had somehow figured out how to cross that threshold.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

When you have a kid, you have to be more mature.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.

Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved.

I definitely want to have kids. I've grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.

When you have kids, it limits you. That was a choice I made.

Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone.

I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.

My life has taken on a different course. I've got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

When you become a pa, you have different priorities now, and you're not living for yourself; you're living for someone else now.

Fatherhood has changed my whole life.

You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a mother-how reading goes out the window and thinking too.

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

There's going to come a time when maybe I have kids and a wife.