How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

Some people think that - excuse my expression here - that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No. Parenthood is about being responsible. This is clear.

My children didn't choose to be born, I chose to have children. They owe me nothing, I owe them everything.

It is better to have only one son endowed with good qualities than a hundred devoid of them. For the moon though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, do not.

I did kind of The Lion King when she arrived. I was the first person to have her in the world and I went: Behold! Theodora Rose Williams!

When I stopped Simply Red the reason was to bring up my daughter Romy. I wanted to be a dad that was around.