Acquire Quote by Frank Chodorov

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

— Joan Didion

Every time I see someone taking care of a baby, I think why in the world would anyone willingly saddle themselves with that responsibility?

— Dov Davidoff

“What is certain is that he [the baby] has too much attention from the one person who is entirely at his disposal. The intimacy…

— Germaine Greer

With a baby, you have to be responsible, selfless, and patient. I was never into those things. I got what I wanted. I did…

— Patty Smyth

At birth, the child leaves a person - his mother's womb - and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The baby is…

— Maria Montessori

When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do.

— Dolores O'Riordan

“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”

— Joan Didion

“A mother who wants to hold her baby most of the time is judged eccentric and often accused of ‘spoiling’ him. The separation of…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“It is their duty to be infantile, even against their inclination.”

— Aldous Huxley

“[A]voidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioural disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we can see…

— Anthony Storr

“Being a parent is a selfless adventure. The worldview of “Take care of yourself first” is no longer logical to a sane person if…

— Jim Gaffigan

A woman will not understand what true dependency is until she is cradling her own infant in her arms; nor will she likely achieve…

— Danielle Crittenden