--- title: "4 Babies Quotes By Paul Reiser" description: "4 Babies quotes by Paul Reiser. Plus more from Paul Reiser and more Babies sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/paul-reiser-7549_adorable_when-people-talk-about-wanting-to-have-c_951785.jpg" --- > [When people talk about wanting to have children someday, what they really mean is that they want babies. Nobody wants an angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/when-people-talk-about-wanting-to-have-children-someday-what-they/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/paul-reiser-7549_adorable_when-people-talk-about-wanting-to-have-c_951785.jpg) > [In some cultures they don't name their babies right away. They wait until they see how the child develops. Like in Dances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/in-some-cultures-they-don-t-name-their-babies-right-away-they-wait/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/paul-reiser-7549_allergic_in-some-cultures-they-don-t-name-their-b_1911828.jpg) > [They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/they-re-not-the-sharpest-people-babies-so-you-must-be-everything-to/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/paul-reiser-7549_babies_they-re-not-the-sharpest-people-babies-s_2268536.jpg) > [Just because a baby cries, I discovered, doesn't mean there's always something wrong. Sometimes babies wake up for no real reason. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/just-because-a-baby-cries-i-discovered-doesn-t-mean-there-s-always/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/paul-reiser-7549_babies_just-because-a-baby-cries-i-discovered-d_3193769.jpg) ## Other authors on Babies - [Gabrielle Palmer 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/gabrielle-palmer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alison-gopnik-11604.jpg) Alison Gopnik 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/alison-gopnik/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-bloom-73794.jpg) Paul Bloom 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/paul-bloom/) ## More by Paul Reiser > [He was born early. But he was born within a safe range of premature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/he-was-born-early-but-he-was-born-within-a-safe-range-of-premature/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/in-fact-i-had-the-idea-because-of-peter-falk-i-saw-my-dad-watching-a/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [Upstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/upstate-new-york-in-the-middle-of-october-you-can-t-get-more/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [But the two of them together, broke my heart. Olympia and Peter, those scenes... When they're kissing in their 20s and then kissing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/but-the-two-of-them-together-broke-my-heart-olympia-and-peter-those/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [People come up to us and ask how we knew so much about their own family... I'm talking about people from faraway places, too.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/people-come-up-to-us-and-ask-how-we-knew-so-much-about-their-own/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [This is not the most right I've ever been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/this-is-not-the-most-right-i-ve-ever-been/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/but-you-get-past-that-and-realize-you-have-to-let-go-of-what-you/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [But I really felt that, something about the lights going down, and the sense of community. I saw this movie at one festival, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/but-i-really-felt-that-something-about-the-lights-going-down-and-the/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [“And ultimately, they find out everything: How you chew, how you sip, how you hum, how you dance. How you smell at every point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/and-ultimately-they-find-out-everything-how-you-chew-how-you-sip-how/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [I can't get past the fact that food is coming out of my wife's breasts. What was once essentially an entertainment center has now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/i-can-t-get-past-the-fact-that-food-is-coming-out-of-my-wife-s/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [As you get older you realize your parents don't look so dumb - and that you're not as smart as you thought you were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/as-you-get-older-you-realize-your-parents-don-t-look-so-dumb-and-that/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [Peanut butter and lamb chops were not foods that had ever been a significant part of our life before pregnancy. In fact, my wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/peanut-butter-and-lamb-chops-were-not-foods-that-had-ever-been-a/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [Our date-nightrule is no talking about the kids. That lasts about to the end of the driveway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/our-date-nightrule-is-no-talking-about-the-kids-that-lasts-about-to/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [In traditional TV, it's very hard to have the luxury of banking all your scripts and getting everything in a row, but it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/in-traditional-tv-it-s-very-hard-to-have-the-luxury-of-banking-all/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) > [So where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a restaurant, fetuses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reiser/so-where-did-these-cravings-come-from-i-concluded-it-s-the-baby/) [Paul Reiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reiser/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/babies/paul-reiser/#itemlist", "name": "4 Babies Quotes By Paul Reiser", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When people talk about wanting to have children someday, what they really mean is that they want babies. Nobody wants an angry adolescent. Nobody wants an obnoxious seven-year-old trying to wear out dirty words they just learned in school that day. What they really want is cute, adorable babies who love you and need you. 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