Valerie Plame Quotes

Being a parent is weird. It changes people in subtle and unsubtle ways. In my case, it awoke a kind of manic sentinel in my brain. Anything in the house that might be a threat to the kids or to my wife gets terminated - food, sharp edges, poor wiring.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

Once you have kids, horror movies become too horrible to watch because you imagine your own children in those situations, so you stop watching them.

I don't want him to hurt himself. I don't want him to choke on something. You're just so concerned for them, and it hurts you. It's so alarming, man. I feel it for the people around me, but it's deeper for my son. Only a parent would understand.

I think any parent can imagine how difficult it would be to watch your child suffer.

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly where her son is at every moment.

I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most dangerous weapons.

The defense industry understands that the military budgets will continue to be cut until a new threat comes along.

My country proposes that we consider that dictatorship is a disease, a disease that is threatening peace and security as well as the prosperity of people … a social and political scourge which needs to be eliminated.

When these attacks occur, as they likely will, we will wonder what more we could have done to stop them.

No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discourage undesirable behaviour. It does not bully or threaten particular firms or portray traumatised refugees as a security threat.

Without U.S. forces in the country, there is a strong possibility Afghanistan could host a reinvigorated Taliban allied to a reinvigorated al Qaeda.

If you can't send your daughter to school when you know it will help her, you feel a sense of failure, and you feel that failure deeply.

We must do everything we can to ensure the safety of our children.

I didn't expect to be so comfortable handing my child off to a nanny without getting any of her information. As soon as she arrived at my house, I threw my baby in her arms and went to Target.

People say how unbelievable and enjoyable this whole thing must be. But watching your children play quarterback, putting themselves on the line every game, getting smacked around and bloodied up... it's very, very hard.

When you're a parent, your child's health is your number one concern, and to get the news that your child has diseases or is unhealthy, I'm sure, is absolutely crushing.

I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too.

When it comes to things like social media, the only time I go crazy is when my kids get affected, like when they get someone stupid saying something ignorant to them about me because they are babies.

Like every parent, I cannot rest easy until my children are home safe at night.

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.