Diana Quick Quotes

Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent years fretting about whether I'd ever meet anyone to have a baby with.

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky.

When somebody's calling you 'Mommy,' it's a wonderful thing. But also to have that responsibility and to know that you and your partner have this little thing that's totally relying on you - and it made me, I suppose, less selfish. Not that I was mega-selfish to start with, but it's lovely having that responsibility. It's scary.

Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

The only thing I've ever wanted in my life is to be a mom and a wife.

I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

I would definitely love to be a parent.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

My first child, I think I was completely shell shocked. I was ecstatic but in shock that I was now responsible completely for another life and it was my co-creation and how did I manage that?! I was in awe that I had actually done what millions of other women had done, given birth and now an added responsibility of 'mommy' in my life ahead!

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

Really, it is all so worth it when you have your precious baby in the end.

All of the things that people said that I would experience - that idea that you suddenly have this new person in your life that you could love so much and that time will go incredibly quickly, but that the nights will seem incredibly long - all of that has been true, but it has been wonderful.

I was the first Pea to have kids - you know how it is - I have three wonderful children, and when we talked about that time, and Fergie would say 'Tab, what is it like?' I always told her when the time is right, it's gonna happen for you, and God bless her, and I can't wait to see baby Ferg.

It's just a great feeling, once you have a child.

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.

I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.

There's going to come a time when maybe I have kids and a wife.

You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.

Fatherhood is wonderful.

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.