Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. ”

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction. ”

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say. ”

The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand. ”

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original. ”

I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start. ”

I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy. ”

My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed! ”

My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things. ”

I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else. ”