My Son Quotes - Page 9

• My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.

  Robert Burns

  Wise, Son, Fool

  Robert Burns, Mr. Thomson (George) (1809). “Poems formerly published, with some additions,and a history of these poems, by Gilbert Burns”, p.113

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• It's really hard to find things that are worth leaving them for. [Balancing work and motherhood is] really hard. One night in Nashville, my son was screaming with a terrible stomachache. I was like, 'I have to get out of here!' but we had to finish. My friend Jenno, a mother of three who was producing, was great, reminding me that nine times out of 10, they just have gas.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Mom, Mother, Son

  "Motherhood Quotes from the Pages of ELLE". www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.

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• Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled?

  Pope Julius III

  War, Son, Understanding

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• You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

  Billy Eckstine

  Success, Daughter, Mother

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• I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, Son, Pay

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1975). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.121, Harvard University Press

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• I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now.

  Elton John

  Fathers Day, Song, Dad

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• I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.

  Will Arnett

  Fathers Day, Dad, Kids

  "'Parks and Recreation' star Amy Poehler and husband Will Arnett expecting second child" by Christina Everett, www.nydailynews.com. March 17, 2010.

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• I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day.

  Will Arnett

  Fathers Day, Dad, Son

  "'Parks and Recreation' star Amy Poehler and husband Will Arnett expecting second child" by Christina Everett, www.nydailynews.com. March 17, 2010.

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• People are also dying from vaccinations. Evan, my son, died in front of me for two minutes. You ask any mother in the autism community if we'll take the flu, the measles, over autism and day of the week. I think they need to wake up and stop hurting our kids.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Mother, Hurt, Kids

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• In order for me to parent well I have to empathize and stay open with my son. I am also vulnerable when it comes to trying new things, when I don't feel like I completely know what I am doing. Lack of control.

  Amber Valletta

  Son, Order, Parent

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• In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Inspiration, Kids

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• According to the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, fish have feelings too. Whenever my sons go fishing they always tell me, "Dad it doesn't hurt a fish to get hooked." Well I watch and I see and I believe it's painful for the fish.

  Donald Trump

  Funny Inspirational, Hurt, Dad

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• Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.

  Jack Vance

  Travel, Son, Giving

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• Yes, yes I am ill. I go in for the kill.
  Hoes is my sons, birth control, I am on the pill

  Nicki Minaj

  Cocky, Son, Hoe

  Song: I'm Legit, 2012

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• The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.

  Elle Macpherson

  Baby, Son, Blessing

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• My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it was empty.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Baby, Children

  Erma Bombeck, Bil Keane (2011). “Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!”, p.119, Fawcett

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• I go to bed wearing a very baggy one-piece cheetah suit, just because it makes my son laugh. My sexy lingerie has been locked in a drawer for a while.

  Sandra Bullock

  Mom, Sexy, Son

  "Single Celebrity Moms Who Manage To Do It All On Their Own (PHOTOS)" by Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2013.

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• Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas you look at the finished book and you think, 'Oh, damn it, I should have changed that.' You're never happy. Whereas with a baby, you're happy. If you've got a perfect baby, you're just grateful.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wise, Witty, Baby

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• Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.

  Jaclyn Smith

  Daughter, Mother, Kids

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• I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty!

  John C. McGinley

  Daughter, Mother, Father

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• I can't say I really see much difference between my son and daughters except that my girls will occasionally make me a sandwich and my son won't.

  Kevin Costner

  Girl, Daughter, Mother

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want manned spaceflight, not just back to the Moon, but beyond that. And I want my daughters and my son to have their own July 20, 1969, to remember. Apollo 11 didn't give us wings; it only showed us how far the wings we had would take us.

  David Weber

  Mother, Daughter, Son

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• My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10.

  Cornelia Funke

  Daughter, Mother, Son

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• Doing something new and challenging. It can be anything from starting a business to playing a sport. Seeing a great concert, looking at extraordinary art, or being in nature. More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!

  Amber Valletta

  Sports, Art, Son

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• I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general.

  Steve Blake

  Sports, Fun, Son

  Interview with Marc J. Spears, www.denverpost.com. March 24, 2007.

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