Busy Philipps Quotes

I'm the father of two boys and two girls, so I'm more an emotional wreck than a mushball.

My children were the center of my life.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

As every parent knows, not every moment is going to be super exciting.

Kids are like heroin, a little heroin addiction. When it’s bad, you’ve never been so miserable, but when it’s good you’ve never been so high.

There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

In the life of husband and wife together, fatherhood and motherhood represent such a sublime "novelty" and richness as can only be approached "on one's knees".

My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness. Sometimes I seem to myself, in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings, a monster of selfishness and intolerance.

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

Who I really am is the mother of six kids and Woody's wife.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Everybody always talks about it, about how you don't know love until you meet your baby, and you really feel that. There are no words. It was a really wonderful surprise. And there is no way to prepare yourself for the sleep deprivation and what comes with it.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

I knew that I always wanted a family, but I can honestly say that it's nothing like I imagined it would be.

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.

Some days I really love being a mom, and some days I don't! It's crazy - I'm tired of packing lunches!

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used it. I've used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they're all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add.

I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?