Jim Gaffigan Quotes

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.

My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.

Let's be honest: Parents like me.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.