Nancy Pelosi Quotes

Never have children, only grandchildren.

My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.

Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.

My father-in-law is so sensitive. Sometimes I think he displays too much love for my children.

I don't want to be an old dad.

I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.

I have four grown children and two tiny grandchildren.

I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.

My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband.

This is where I break one last taboo: I'm incredibly glad I'm not a granny.

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

My kids seem to be more mature and older than I am now somehow. They've gotten ahead of me somehow. But they're very patient with me.

My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.

Whatever your age, parents generally embarrass their children. I think that's a role we have to play.

It's nobody's business how much I see my daughter or my grandkids, that's something personal that I care not to share.

Being a grandparent doesn't interest me whatsoever. Babies are all right if they're your own, but I'm not interested in other people's. It's something you tolerate because they are yours.

I have loved being a step-mum to Brian's children. We have a great relationship, and it's lovely to spend time with the grandchildren.

I'm a family guy. Most important thing in my life by far is my relationship with my wife and my sons, daughters-in-law, and 18 grandchildren. And for me, this is all about them.

I've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.

I want a son.

I don't have children, but when I meet my friends' kids at six months old, and then I don't see them again for another six months, the changes are drastic. But if you've seen them every day, the changes are less shocking.

My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.

As children, we develop some scorn for our parents and their imperfections.