P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were my own.

I'm just a guy that is basically depending on my responsibility skills. I'm really responsible with my children and my wife and my family life. Things have changed with me. I'm not a night person anymore. I've got too many responsibilities to play.

Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.

When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when you have two children!

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

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

I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.

All of these things we do without children, and suddenly we don't do them anymore, and it comes home to us in a real way, that it's very different to have the responsibility of a child.

I was always going to make music, but I cleaned up my act a lot just to be a good dad and a husband. That sort of changed my career professionally, too.

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

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.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her.

I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.

My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids' reaction to that divorce.

I'm being a dad and a good husband.

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

All our children are grown up and have their own lives.

My wife Jenny and I have four young children of our own.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

Being married is not the same as having a kid because being married to another adult who can take care of themselves to a degree is different than having a kid that is completely dependent on you.

Through all the craziness, what I know is that I'm a good husband and a good father and I do a great job with my kids.

First and foremost, I am a husband and a father, which is a full-time job.