“I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. I want my husband and I to be the ones our kids look to for guidance, to be the great role models that I had with my parents growing up, so for as hard as we work, I want our kids to see us having fun. I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that.” KnowsWantFeelsLooksI CanHardBodyKidsFunParentRolesGrowing UpGrowingHugeHusbandModelsMy FamilyHaving FunGuidanceBeing The BestMy HusbandRole ModelsNutritionGreat Role Models Author:Kerri Walsh
“You can't go into the office and be a jerk. You can't yell at your kids or your wife or your husband for no reason. That makes you a terrible person.” PersonsReasonKidsWifeTerribleHusbandOfficeNo ReasonJerkYour Husband Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I have a 22-year-old son, and when my son was born I made a decision to raise him. My husband and I took turns working, and it's easier to raise a kid in the documentary world, where you go away for two weeks or three weeks rather than the months that you spend on a feature. That was and still is much more open to women DPs than the world of fiction.” WorldYearsMadeStillsTwoKidsTurnsThreeBornDecisionFictionWeekSonMonthsEasierHusbandRaisesFeaturesGoing AwayMy HusbandMy SonDocumentariesTwo Weeks Author:Maryse Alberti
“My husband and I have just really been on this journey to live cleaner and eat healthier and allow our children to see us doing that so that's the kind of lifestyle they'll want for themselves. Just a healthier, aware, conscious life. Now we buy organic, we go to the farmers markets. We really try to involve the kids in cutting up the vegetables, cleaning them, preparing the meals, just making it fun.” WantTryingKindChildrenKidsFunCuttingJourneyHusbandConsciousOur ChildrenLifestyleMealsMy HusbandFarmersVegetablesPreparingCleaningCleanersFarmers Markets Author:Ali Landry
“It's been the greatest gift that I've been given. Because no matter how much my parents have asked me to be more patient, no matter much my husband has asked me to be more patient, none of it mattered until I had a kid. And then all of sudden I was like, "Oh. I have to be more patient." They were all like, "Yeah! We've been telling you that for twenty years!" And I find it to be a gift. Every day I'm more patient.” YearsMatterKidsGivenParentHusbandTwentiesYeahPatientMy HusbandGreatest Gifts Author:Mila Kunis
“Kids are a lesson every day, and being married is a lesson every day, but I think having a boutique and running it with my husband and having our careers and raising children was something that was really an eye-opener all the time.” ThinkingChildrenEyeRunningKidsCareersLessonsHusbandMarriedMy HusbandBeing MarriedRaising Children Author:Lisa Rinna
“Financially, I do not need to work unless I want to, and whatever film I accept has to be right for me in the sense that it should justify the time I spend away from my husband and kids.” WantNeedsShouldKidsFilmAcceptingHusbandJustifyMy Husband Author:Kajol
“In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those, because they don't have access to banks. Having that access to digital money changes everything for her because she actually doesn't have to negotiate with her husband, which she will tell you is very hard in these circumstances, especially when the means are meager. She's expected to have money to pay for the kids' health or to help with the school fees.” WorldMeanHardHelpingKidsSchoolPayCircumstancesHusbandPhonesExpectedAccessSavingDevelopingDigitalPlasticSaving MoneyFeesSmartphones Author:Melinda Gates
“I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn't always go. The way I grew up, that's very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather.” WayYearsKidsHateGrewMomColdDadHusbandNormalGrew UpMy DadMy MomWeatherMy HusbandSkiingCold Weather Author:Julie Bowen
“At 36, I think I was pretty happy [actually], but here's the thing that I think happens... you're expected to be somewhere at 36, and there's that feeling: At this particular age - especially for women for God's sake - you should have this many kids, you should have a husband, or you should have this... and it's overwhelming. So that perpetuates the feeling that no matter where you are, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many kids you have, no matter how great they're doing, whether you want kids or not, married or not, it doesn't matter - you feel behind.” ThinkingWantFeelsShouldMatterFeelingsHappensKidsAgeBehindsParticularHusbandMarriedShould HaveSakeExpectedWhere You AreOverwhelming Author:Justin Hartley
“Bethann Hardison has been my collaborator, my closest friend, we've gone through starting businesses, losing businesses, kids, divorces, marriages, and she was my maid of honor when I married my husband, David Bowie. And she's still such a part of my life. This is the person when it's totally dark, outside and inside, this is the person I would call.” PersonsHas BeensStillsKidsDarkGoneHonorHusbandMarriedLosingStartingDivorceMy HusbandClosestMaidsCollaboratorsBowieStarting A BusinessClosest FriendsMaid Of Honor Author:Iman Abdulmajid
“I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to go back to work to take care of our kids. I also wanted to do a record in memory of him. So we did Gone Again. During that process, I had to be photographed and had to go back to doing articles and interviews.” YearsEyeCareKidsWantedProcessMemoriesGoneRecordsHusbandTake CareInterviewsMy HusbandArticlesObligedPassed AwayPublic EyeBack To Work Author:Patti Smith
“I think that after a while you realize that your husband can't be all things to you and certainly you don't want the kids to be all things to you, because that would be a terrible weight for them; and that where you really find solace a lot of the time is with your girlfriends.” ThinkingWantWould BeKidsRealizingTerribleHusbandAll ThingsWeightGirlfriendSolaceYour HusbandYour Girlfriend Author:Anna Quindlen
“Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics.” PeopleWellsMeanRunningKidsSchoolHusbandThings In LifeSupportiveOwn BusinessMean People Author:Caroline Kennedy
“When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I understood was my father. Turns out he wasn't. He was my mother's first husband.” MenFirstsKidsMotherTurnsFatherSawsHusbandUnderstoodBobSaxophoneBaritones Author:Jon Gordon
“Hip-hop is my girlfriend, hip-hop is my kid. Hip-Hop fills the void of the things that I don't have. I pay it 101% attention. I don't think I could be as good a father, or as good a husband or anything like that - the way I am as an artist - until I'm not an artist anymore.” ThinkingKidsArtistFatherAttentionHusbandGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Lloyd Banks
“As a Greek woman, the most important thing you can do in life is get married and have children. You could win the Nobel Prize, but if you don't have a husband and kids everyone feels bad for you because you're a failure.” ChildrenImportantKidsWinningHusbandMarriedGreekPrizeNobel Prize Author:Iris Smyles
“After my husband, Dave, died, I called my friend Adam, a psychologist who studies how people find meaning in our lives, and I asked him what, if anything, I could do to help myself and my kids get through this. We started talking about resilience, then reading about it, then talking to other people who had gotten through grief and other huge challenges. In time, those conversations and that research helped me heal.” PeopleHelpingKidsReadingChallengesGriefStudyHusbandResilienceHealWhat IfMy HusbandFind MePsychologist Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Around 2010, I kind of looked up and said, I'm 40 years old. You know, I chose music. I don't have a husband. I don't have any kids. Like, I chose music. So, I had to make a decision. Like, do I want to do something else, or do I want to go from journeyman to master? And I realized, I want to be a really good musician.” KindKidsDecisionHusbandMusicianI Realized Author:Neko Case
“I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with a busy husband, a very demanding job and two little kids to feed.... I had to learn what it means to feed and care for your kids in a country where fast food is abundant, where time is a rarity, where eating out is a trend, because families are so busy.... Yes, I'm First Lady, but I know the struggles.” MeanCountryCareKidsMotherHouseStruggleHusbandEatingBusyLittle KidFast FoodFirst LadyRarityCare For You Author:Michelle Obama
“It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when you're in production. I can absolutely see why there are so few women directing, because it's physically a very demanding thing to do. Fathers can only do it because they have wives at home doing all the other stuff. I can only do it because I have a husband that helps with the kids at home.” HelpingHomeKidsMotherFatherHoursWifeTerribleHusbandBeing A Mother Author:Gurinder Chadha
“I love working with young artists. Jacob Latimore was the first kid that I auditioned. After he walked out, I turned to my husband and said, "I think that's the kid. I don't know if I have to look any further. He's the one!" He's a real star.” ThinkingRealKidsArtistHusbandMy Husband Author:Kasi Lemmons
“I find more and more, as time goes on, these people I meet, they are starting to become these people I look up to more and more. Like Julianne Moore, also, on Crazy Stupid Love: kids, husband, priorities straight. Or Woody Harrelson's like that. Those are the people I really admire, and that's success to me: being able to balance that life and not buy into it. And do the work that you want to do and makes you happy, because you're lucky enough to do it. But if I never got a role again, I've got this incredible life.” PeopleEnoughKidsCrazyStupidBalanceLuckyHusbandIncrediblesPrioritiesAdmireLook UpMake You HappyWoody Author:Emma Stone
“A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all.” ThinkingTryingDoneHomeKidsWifeHusbandBeing ThereGood Wife Author:Julianna Margulies
“As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.” IfsInspirationalFeelsStillsDoneHomeKidsJobsAliveHusbandHeyMy HusbandHousewife Author:Roseanne Barr
“I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.” TryingTwoRealSometimesKidsHoursLosesFocusWifeHusbandDegreesBusyFocusedStay FocusedHusband And WifeFree Time Author:Cameron Mathison
“Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.” EnoughKidsFunnyParentHusbandBreathsParentingTherapyMy HusbandDo The BestFunny ParentingFunny ParentBest Husband Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.” WantWellsLooksKindLittlesPersonsSometimesKidsGuyChildhoodHusbandMarriedKitchenMy HusbandTerrificHappy Childhood Author:Jodi Picoult
“I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows.” BookHelpingKidsActorsCareersHusbandBlowMy HusbandTake TimeCushionsSt Jude Author:Marlo Thomas
“I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.” ThinkingCareKidsNaturalMarriageCareersDogHusbandTake CareTake TimeCaretakers Author:Reese Witherspoon
“That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.” FeelsSaidImportantHardHomeKidsSchoolMotherDecisionMissingBalanceRight NowHusbandDaughterSickDecision MakingMy DaughterMy HusbandMissing SomethingHard Decision Author:Reese Witherspoon
“He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the way they were, and that she wished she could stop everything from changing. She got really nervous, like, talking about the future. She once told me that she could see herself now, and she could also see the kind of life she wanted to have - kids, husband, suburbs, you know - but she couldn't figure out how to get from point A to point B.” KnowsWayKindKidsWantedTalkingFiguresHusbandTablesPatternsNervousNailsThumbsSuburbs Author:Jodi Picoult
“In a city this size, every year, hundreds of husbands walk away. Kids leave home. Wives escape. People disappear.” PeopleYearsHomeKidsWalksCitiesWifeHusbandSizeDisappear Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“But your book is wrong, Mrs. Strunk, says George, when it tells you that Jim is the substitute I found for a real son, a real kid brother, a real husband, a real wife. Jim wasn't a substitute for anything. And there is no substitute for Jim, if you'll forgive my saying so, anywhere.” IfsBookRealKidsFoundWifeSonBrotherHusbandForgivingSubstitutes Book:A single man Source: A single man