Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nikki Sixx

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

Nikki Sixx

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

Nikki Sixx

I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out of a relationship, Tommy's single as well. We've done a lot in our life, we've covered a lot of miles.

Nikki Sixx

I have a lot of friends who come from alcoholic families, and they aren't alcoholics, because someone explained it to them. When I was in Washington DC, they really talked about the difference statistically between families that talk about drug addiction and ones that don't. The kids that can say "I see where this is going" have a much better chance of not becoming addicts, because they have been educated.

Nikki Sixx

I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.

Nikki Giovanni

I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, "If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on." I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do.

Nicole Trunfio

Because I come from such a close family, my natural instinct is to marry and have kids as soon as possible.

Nicole Polizzi

I went into designing my house thinking I could have some more expensive items because I didn't realize my kids were going to be animals.

Nicky Hilton

When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

Nicki Minaj

I've never worn flats in my life. I haven't owned any since I was a kid. I suppose the only flats I have are the shoes I wear to the gym, but I put them on just before I start to work out... I like heels.

Nick Moran

I haven't got any kids yet and it is something I need to address. I'm sure that, God willing, that'll be the next and most fabulous episode of my little life.

Nick Saban

If you don't get result-oriented with the kids, you can focus on the things in the process that are important to them being successful.

Matt Gonzalez

I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them.

Matt Gonzalez

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

Matt Bomer

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

Matt Bomer

Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.

Matt Damon

We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under the age of five, right, dies somewhere on the Earth because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Every 20 seconds that happens on our planet. It's just very hard for us to relate to.

Matt Damon

Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.

Matt Damon

Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know that my parents felt that way and I know that my grandparents felt that way and everybody worked hard so that their kids had a better chance. I just don't want to be the first generation that doesn't do that.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

Mary Lou Retton

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.

Mary Lou Retton

As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.

Mary-Louise Parker

I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom.

Mary-Louise Parker

I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.

Marv Albert

I would never scream at my kids, never raise my voice. But as they often tell me, they were so well behaved that screaming was not necessary.

Marv Albert

I feel I'm better now than I ever have been. You learn so much as you're doing it. I'm watching tapes and I'll see things that get me annoyed and where I know I can improve. I understand better letting the crowd play more. I've always said it was important for me who I was working with, because I like to kid around a lot. But I've also learned to use my partner better. I'm feeling good. There's no reason to stop.

Marva Collins

Until kids decide, 'I am a miracle. I am unique. There is no one else exactly like me,' they can never draw the conclusion, 'Because I'm a miracle, I will never harm another person who's a miracle like me.' In this slippery world, they all need something to hang on to.

Nicholas Negroponte

Kids drop out of school mostly because school is boring and not particularly relevant.

Nicholas Negroponte

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to water.

Nicholas Negroponte

Very often kids don't ask questions in class because they don't want to be seen asking a question.

Nicholas Negroponte

Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.

Nicholas Negroponte

It's hard to propose a $100 laptop for a world community of kids and then not say in the same breath that you're going to depend on the community to make software for it.

Nicholas Sparks

Not everything," he said. "Not the important things. My kids are safe. You're safe. That's all I really care about. This" - he said motioning - "is just stuff. Most of it can be replaced. It just takes time.