--- title: "1 Going Parents Quotes By Scott Simon" description: "1 Going Parents quotes by Scott Simon. Plus more from Scott Simon and more Going Parents sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/scott-simon-16252_building_so-this-is-where-we-are-going-to-become_92134.png" --- > [So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and care-free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/so-this-is-where-we-are-going-to-become-parents-you-walk-into-the/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/scott-simon-16252_building_so-this-is-where-we-are-going-to-become_92134.png) ## More by Scott Simon > [Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/despite-the-reams-of-paperwork-obstacles-worthy-of-a-horse-show-and-a/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/almost-every-continent-in-the-world-including-our-own-has-refugees/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/so-this-is-where-we-are-going-to-become-parents-you-walk-into-the/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/i-take-charb-s-point-but-at-some-point-has-charlie-hebdo-been-trying/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/janis-joplin-didn-t-just-sing-a-song-she-took-it-over-she-swallowed/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/race-blood-lineage-and-nationality-don-t-matter-they-re-just-the-way/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of being asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/it-s-not-the-cost-although-that-pinches-or-the-time-though-that/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Fidel Castro takes up so much space in the Cuban mind. It's hard for us to imagine as Americans - isn't it? - how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/fidel-castro-takes-up-so-much-space-in-the-cuban-mind-it-s-hard-for/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't two loving adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/fifteen-year-old-girls-produce-children-with-sixteen-year-old-boys-in/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/senator-sanders-of-course-has-campaigned-for-hillary-clinton-but-what/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/when-they-mention-great-little-things-in-life-they-usually-forget/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/i-was-a-kid-and-it-was-kind-of-scabrous-and-it-wasn-t-the-sacrilege/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Srebrenica's not simply another reminder of man's inhumanity to man, but how intelligent people can always come up with intelligent reasons to do nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/srebrenica-s-not-simply-another-reminder-of-man-s-inhumanity-to-man/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/reading-will-put-you-into-the-minds-and-hearts-of-others-it-might/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) > [Imagine the talented love-child of Andr Previn and Lucille Ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-simon/imagine-the-talented-love-child-of-andr-previn-and-lucille-ball/) [Scott Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-simon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-parents/scott-simon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Going Parents Quotes By Scott Simon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. 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