“When I go home, I am a slug. I want to do everything completely opposite of what I do on the red carpet. I like to take off all my makeup, put on a t-shirt, be completely unassuming and just do stuff with my husband and my daughter.” WantHomeStuffHusbandDaughterRedOppositesShirtsMakeupMy DaughterMy HusbandT ShirtCarpetRed CarpetSlugsUnassuming Author:Viola Davis
“I also watch a lot of really bad television when I'm writing, "Like Dancing With the Stars," with my daughter.” WritingStarsWatchesTelevisionDaughterDancingMy DaughterDancing With The Stars Author:David Duchovny
“If my daughter wanted to wear a headscarf and dress in a religiously conservative way, I would be heartbroken. But if she were to decide to do that and she were to live in a place where people said she couldn't do that, I would be entirely committed to her right to do so.” PeopleIfsWaySaidWould BeWantedDaughterDressesConservativeCommittedMy DaughterHeartbroken Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I struggle with staying clean every day, and what really keeps me from doing something stupid is my daughter.” StruggleStupidDaughterCleanStayingMy Daughter Author:Joshua Mohr
“They say you have to get and stay sober for yourself, and of course I agree with that, but I've really appreciated the added stakes of having someone relying on me for survival. My daughter makes me want to do right. That doesn't mean I won't relapse again. It's happened to me before. But she adds a layer of love in my life that I've never known.” WantMeanCoursesKnownHappenedSurvivalDaughterAgreeAddMy DaughterStakesLayersSoberAppreciatedRelapse Author:Joshua Mohr
“I know where "Blubber" came from. It came from stories that my daughter told me when she came home from fifth grade. There was a kid in the class who was being bullied. We didn't even call it bullying then, that's what's so weird. Victimization in the classroom. The word bully was so out, was so not in use for all those years and now it's back big time.” KnowsYearsStoriesUseHomeBigsKidsClassDaughterGradesMy DaughterBullyingClassroomBullyFifthBulliedVictimizationBeing BulliedFifth Grade Author:Judy Blume
“The ratings system is so bogus and people know it. Fewer and fewer people care. The ratings board has sort of exposed itself. But my problem is, as a parent, there's this area of film that my daughters want to see. They're not my kind of films, I don't want to go see them, but I really want to know whether my daughters can see them or not. The morality of what the ratings board is doing now escapes me. I don't get it.” PeopleKnowsWantKindProblemCareFilmParentMoralityDaughterAreasBoardsMy DaughterExposedFewerRating Author:William H. Macy
“Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.” KnowsPlayWifeDaughterBoxesMy WifeMy DaughterValentineFunny Valentine Author:Miles Davis
“I'm not singing anymore; that is why I am so pleased to be writing. My daughter said, "You just found a different way of using your voice."” WayWritingSaidDifferentFoundVoiceSingingDaughterDifferent WaysMy Daughter Author:Julie Andrews
“You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.” IfsLittlesDaughterMy DaughterDisappointedWombSophie Author:Bette Midler
“My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.” IfsKnowsRealDaughterToughLet MeIndependentUpsetMy DaughterCookies Author:Bette Midler
“It tickles me, my daughter said that to me. She said, "Mommie, why is it that every time they say your name they put your age right behind it?"” SaidAgeNamesBehindsDaughterMy Daughter Author:Diana Ross
“What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.” PeopleThinkingGivingWellsImportantShowsWould BeChoicesDaughterBe GoodMy DaughterShow BusinessMixturesWhat's ImportantWell Rounded Author:Diana Ross
“According to my daughters, my most irritating habit is asking for cups of tea.” HabitDaughterAskingCupsTeaMy DaughterIrritatingCups Of Tea Author:Neil Gaiman
“We really have to think about aging because women are living longer than men. More of the people who need care are women. A lot of them are living alone, with no one to care for them, or they're shunted into institutions. I would like to see a sensible aging policy more like what the Nordic countries have. They're cutting back those programs, but there you can still have in-home nursing care. You don't have to rely on your children. I personally don't want to be a burden on my daughter.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsChildrenStillsCountryHomeCareCuttingPolicyDaughterProgramOur ChildrenInstitutionsAgingBurdenYour ChildrenRelyMy DaughterSensibleNursingLiving AloneNordic Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“What gets me up in the morning is either my daughter crawling into bed or my sons having to go to school. I love my family. They need a certain level of economic resources. They need my time. They need my attention. That's why I do what I do...and don't do what I don't do what I don't do.” NeedsSchoolCertainLevelsAttentionMorningEconomicSonBedDaughterResourcesMy FamilyMy TimeMy DaughterMy SonCrawlingLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyEconomic Resources Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I have always tried to keep an honest, age-appropriate line of communication open with my daughter,India, even during the teen years, a painful time of development when they usually shut down, and the last person they want to speak to is a parent. But India would always tell me what was going on, so I really encourage people to be as open with your children as you possibly can.” PeopleChildrenSpeakParentHonestCommunicationDaughterOur ChildrenPainfulYour ChildrenMy Daughter Author:Eric Benet
“I was pretty much a single-father for most of my daughter India's life. Looking back, were there things I could've done better? Yes, but I'm still pretty proud of myself for having raised such an amazing individual. Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had.” DoneIndividualEasyParentWonderfulProudBlessingDaughterMy DaughterLooking BackBeing A Parent Author:Eric Benet
“Actors, producers and directors have a responsibility. My personal pledge, since I became a mother 12 years ago, is that I won't be in any project my daughter can't watch. I'm trying to prepare her for the world.” WorldTryingMotherResponsibilityDaughterProducersMy DaughterPledge Author:Tichina Arnold
“I think that the language that we use is a ritual, that my [maternal] grandmother was called "Big Mama" is a ritual, that my daughter calls my father "Baba" and my mother "Mama" is a ritual. There are common African-American rituals that are a part of my experience. If I ever get married some day I would like to jump the broom.” ThinkingMotherFatherLanguageCommonMarriedDaughterGrandmotherMy DaughterRitual Author:Jamilah Lemieux
“In the past I've always been the type of person to try and fit a square peg in a round hole. I can be very tenacious like that. But since I've had my daughter, I've found that I like the way life unfolds when I give the universe some space to guide me. It took me until my forties to realize that.” GivingTryingPastUniverseRealizingFitDaughterFortyMy DaughterGuide MePeg Author:Natasha Gregson Wagner
“I turned down a lot of things - some very lucrative - because I could afford to at that time. That didn't lead to a happy place. I was happy to spend time with my family, get to know my daughter, who was born during The West Wing.” DaughterMy FamilyMy DaughterEnd TimesSpend TimeHappy Place Author:Richard Schiff
“I was happy to spend time with my family, get to know my daughter, who was born during The West Wing. I missed her first words. I missed her first steps. I'd leave work before she woke up and got home after she was asleep and didn't really know her. So it was important for that reason to reintroduce myself to the family after all of that hard work.” ImportantReasonHomeHard WorkDaughterMy FamilyMy DaughterEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Richard Schiff
“Lately, I'm thinking a lot about, in parenting and in my writing, how to create a language about sexism in a way that is attractive and approachable to this age group. I can teach my daughter about not talking to strangers but I can't teach her about how to succeed in a sexist world or even how to exist as a body in a sexist world. I want to begin by asking girls what they want and why they want it? Interrogating that. If this is the sex life you want, what makes you think you want that? I imagine the only way to authentically get at sexuality is by asking those questions.” ThinkingWorldWritingAgeGirlLanguageTeachImagineSucceedDaughterStrangerSexualityAttractiveMy DaughterSexismMake You ThinkSexist Author:Jessica Valenti
“I think motherhood has made issues all feel much more urgent than they did before. So it didn't necessarily change how I feel about certain things - it just fired me up to be even more active on behalf of my daughter.” ThinkingDaughterMotherhoodMy Daughter Author:Jessica Valenti
“My daughter is reading various Young Adult vampire stuff, and I ask her, "Is there even a bad vampire in the story?" There's always a good vampire now, but do any of them sleep in coffins? And I would bring her down to my library and say, "Here's every classic vampire literature. There are coffins, there's this, there's that," you know? "When you get to the YA stuff, you may try some of this stuff just to see where it came from."” TryingReadingLiteratureSleepDaughterLibraryYoung AdultVariousVampireClassicMy Daughter Author:Mike Mignola
“I don't go to McDonalds, but when I was working for Gourmet magazine in New York City, my daughter liked to go there. I was completely paranoid that someone would recognize me there and say, 'Gourmet critic spotted at McDonalds! Buying a Happy Meal!'” DaughterCriticsMy DaughterParanoid Author:Jonathan Gold
“It's funny, I don't really feel that nostalgic. I only recently started putting up some photos from some of the sessions I've done over the years and some of the Garbage sessions because my daughter, who's 10-years-old, when she was about 6 or 7 she was more curious about what I do. I have all these platinum records and stuff, they've all just been in boxes in storage for years but I started just digging through those things because I sort of want her to be aware of my past. I never really put the old recordings on and listen to them and go, "Oh that sounds great."” DonePastDaughterCuriousMy DaughterMy PastNostalgicStorage Author:Butch Vig
“I'm trying to be present in my daughters life as much as I can. I didn't have any kids or really any family. I have a family but I just dove into work 1,000%. I think as an artist when you're young like that, when you move into your 30's or 40's if you have time to focus on that you need that time. It's part of that.” ThinkingTryingKidsMovingArtistFocusDaughterMy DaughterDove Author:Butch Vig
“I really think that parenthood cracks you open, which sounds so vague, but it is a different type of vulnerability. That's the bottom line. There isn't a second that I'm with my daughter that I don't appreciate every moment we have. All you want to do is protect her and create the best bubble possible for her to view the world.” ThinkingWorldDifferentMomentsProtectDaughterAppreciateBottomVulnerabilityMy DaughterParenthoodBubbles Author:Jeremiah Brent
“My proudest accomplishment is my daughter Ella. Because she is a great person, great personality. She not really my accomplishment, she is her own, but I had something to do with it.” PersonalityDaughterAccomplishmentMy DaughterGreat Person Author:Richard Norris
“The funny thing is I showed my daughter E.T. recently, and she was like, it's Pete's Dragon. It's a boy, who makes friend with a creature, and has to say goodbye at the end. I'd never made that connection!” BoysDaughterGoodbyeMy DaughterSaying Goodbye Author:Kevin Feige
“I am noticing that we're getting more and more people - and I don't know how to handle this - who come to me saying, "Would you pray for my son? Would you pray for my daughter?" I've been saying, "Pray for them yourself." But they don't want that because they think I've got something that's greater than what they have. I keep saying, "I don't! Not really. I got the title 'minister; but I don't want to exploit you. You do it, too." I think the way to solve it is to do it together. We're going to pray in community, you see?” PeopleThinkingTogetherCommunitySonPrayingDaughterMy DaughterMy SonNoticing Author:Cecil Williams
“When I hear that Jennifer Lopez is such a role model for Latinas, on the one hand I respect her for her business sense and I respect her for her ambition. But she's in the entertainment world. She's done it on her looks and very specifically on her anatomy. Madonna is also considered a great businesswoman and so is Yoko Ono. I feel if I had a young daughter right now, I would feel a little discouraged if that was my daughter's primary role model for success and for young people, for Latinas and Latinos.” PeopleWorldDoneAmbitionDaughterMy DaughterRole ModelsDiscouragedLatinoAnatomyJenniferGreat BusinessLatina Author:Ana Castillo
“My daughter loved All About Steve movie, because she's 6 feet tall and she's different. And I got a lot of great e-mails from people who are different. I'm a gay icon. I'll just say it. That's what they say to me, so I'll accept it. I got so many e-mails saying that it meant so much to those people. My daughter said, "They didn't like it just because she didn't get the guy! If they had lived happily ever after, people would have liked that movie."” PeopleDifferentGuyAcceptingGayDaughterMy DaughterHappily Ever AfterEver After Author:Beth Grant
“The first time I took my daughters to the ocean - and I love the ocean but where we swim is very rough, very New England, rip tide, not messing around ocean - and a thought arrived: I was asking my daughters to slowly recognize death, just dip their toes in its fathomless edge, to know it is there, even in the night when we don't see it and that it, in its mystery and largeness, in its terror, is the thing that makes life precious, magnificent and full of never-ending curiosity.” NightMysteryOceanDaughterFirst TimeCuriosityTerrorMy DaughterRoughSwimMagnificentRip Author:Samantha Hunt
“I'm not a very social person. I'm interested in music and I'm obviously tight with my family - my daughter. I'm not at the club hanging out at night. I'm at home making records.” HomeNightDaughterMy FamilyMy DaughterHanging Out Author:Memory Tapes
“We're all born feeling perfect until somebody tells us we're not. So there's nothing I can teach my daughter. She already has all of it. The only thing I can do is protect what she already feels.” FeelingsPerfectTeachProtectDaughterMy Daughter Author:Blake Lively
“This is the kind of upbringing we had instead of sitting in front of a damn television set all day long and never answering to anybody else unless somebody spoke up from a television set. It's an altogether different way of living today that you wonder how it really affects the family? I know how it affects the family because I have my own son who has his children and also my daughter. It's one of those things. Everybody eats in their own way and off they go. You know? It's not family oriented anymore."” KindChildrenLongDifferentTodayWonderSonDaughterMy DaughterUpbringing Author:Ernest Borgnine
“Malibu history is interesting to me. My mom's family was one of the early families in California, so there's history going back to the 1840s or '50s. They came over in the Gold Rush, actually. I have all this guilt about raising my daughter in the East. Coco's very anti-California. It's her way of rebelling.” InterestingDaughterGoldGuiltMy Daughter Author:Kim Gordon
“We're in a digital age where it's cool to be on your iPhone all the time. All of out-of-school activities my daughter has such as piano one day and acting another day and dance another day are about getting her away from that. People are on video games and their phones, and it's taking up all their mental space.” PeopleAgeActingOne DayDaughterMy Daughter Author:Ludacris
“I was really strict about my daughter sleeping in her own room, and now she's really independent and likes it that way. So I think for all new moms, I can totally see how you can get wrapped up in making your child 100% your time. But if you could just take 5% or 10% for yourself a day, it won't just make the difference in your confidence, but also your sanity. I think once you just set boundaries and how you're going to parent - everyone parents differently so I hate to be that person to tell them how anyone should parent, I think whatever works for you works.” ThinkingChildrenHateParentSleepMomDaughterI HateOur ChildrenIndependentBoundariesYour ChildrenMy DaughterSanity Author:Kim Kardashian
“For 13 years I have been teaching my daughter and talking to her to have faith in her God, to have faith in her family, to trust herself, to be in control and in charge of her body. Same thing for my son. Hopefully, you keep that in mind as you make decisions in life, whether it's consent, whether it's drinking, whether it's running naked across the quad in college, whatever it is!” MindRunningDecisionTeachingCollegeSonDaughterDrinkingHopefullyMy DaughterMy SonHave Faith Author:Chris Harrison
“I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model. Everyone's condition is different, and the way that each person lives his or her life is different. What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.” ImportantDifferentDoubtDaughterConvictionIntellectMy DaughterLook At Me Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Writing was my companion and stories were my companion when I was bedridden and didn't think I was going to walk again and all of that treacherous stuff. And stories are how you can comfort a child. It's certainly how I comforted my daughter, in good and bad times.” ThinkingWritingChildrenComfortDaughterCompanionMy DaughterGood And BadBad Times Author:Jennifer Lynch
“I know there's a part of the feminist world that is like, "Hey, screw 'em, we'll do our own thing over here," and I can see there's a value in that. But a kind of nudgy part of me thinks: No. I want access, and I want my daughters to have access to the exact same thing, because we all know there's no such thing as separate but equal.” ThinkingWorldKindValuesEqualDaughterFeministMy Daughter Author:Erin Belieu
“My daughter went to the school, and it's a very, very progressive and liberal school, and my commencement speech was telling the kids just to always be willing to quit, and that they need to quit a lot in their lives, and keep on quitting, because all the happiness I've ever got was when I turned my back on things that everybody else thought would make you happy. I can smell parents' stomach acid right now, but they know that whole "You gotta get a job and you gotta settle for what people perceive as success" thing is really absurd.” PeopleKidsSchoolDaughterQuittingAbsurdPerceiveSettlingMy DaughterProgressiveMake You HappyCommencementCommencement Speech Author:Bobcat Goldthwait
“I feel now like a hinge between generations, which is strange. It just happened recently. I think it's because my daughter is so much like me at her age. I feel like I'm reliving my own mother's experience of raising me.” ThinkingAgeStrangeDaughterMy Daughter Author:Maggie Smith
“It's been very jarring for me to stand in public and read about myself and my daughter and her father. I feel like I'm reading someone else's story, and I feel like I've lost something, too, in the writing of self, as if I'm standing and reading myself, as a stranger, to other strangers.” WritingReadingFatherDaughterStrangerMy Daughter Author:Jill Talbot
“I can't wait for both my daughters to be old enough to read all my books. I loved it every time I saw my parents acting like more than just my parents. And I'm looking forward to that with my daughters too. I am looking forward to having them discover me as someone completely other than their mother.” BookEnoughMotherWaitingParentActingDaughterMy DaughterLooking Forward Author:Edwidge Danticat