Kelly Ripa Quotes

If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some.

I'd rather not have a moment when I'm known for my looks; being funny and interesting lasts longer.

I'm not militant about anything. If there's cheesecake in the house, I'll have some. If I'm in the mood for something, I'll have it. I don't obsess about anything. I could have three or four "cheat days" in a week and then not have dessert for another three months.

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky.

If I've had a bad day, if I'm feeling stressed out, if I'm feeling overwhelmed - it takes it all away. It's my antidote for everything. If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better.

I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.

There's no real manual on being a parent. There's no real manual on being a wife. I keep reminding myself, My mother did all this, only she never got to leave the house. OK, I can do this. We're all learning on our own learning curve.

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect."

I treat my cheeks like breasts in a push-up bra. I just reach down in there, lift them up and push them together. And they'll stay put if the jeans are tight enough.

I work out every day. It's part of my life. That's one of the benefits of having kids in school full-time. I do it more for my insides than my outside, but the outside gets a nice benefit, too. I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise. And I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

I had a picture-perfect childhood. My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them.

I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.

If I'm exhausted and I just don't feel like it, then I don't do it. I am a human being, after all. But I also know I'm the kind of person who, if I take one day off, well, it's very easy for me to take the next day off and then quit exercising.

If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better.

Having been a cheerleader, I know all too well what these girls give up to join forces and compete.

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

Women's clutches are too small. I open my purse, and with some hydraulic force, a tampon shoots 12 feet into the air.

I get paid to make out with the hunks!

Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I go, 'Wait a minute! Oh my gosh, you guys! Calm down! You'll forget in three days what you were fighting about. I promise. So just let it marinate a little bit-that's my best love advice.

I had a picture-perfect childhood.

If you're a waiter and you're waiting on me, you might get five percent, you might get seventy percent. It depends on how bad my math skills are that day.

I work out every day. It's part of my life. That's one of the benefits of having kids in school full-time.

I think I have a disease called spontaneous disclosure. I need to tell everyone my life story instantaneously.

When I'm at work, I'm remembering what I forgot to do for the kids, and when I'm with the kids, I'm remembering what I forgot to do at work.

I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise.

Woo-hoo! I'm 40. I can say that now.

I work out with a trainer, Anna Kaiser, three days a week.

I'll quit tanning when the satchel handle grows out of my back.

Sleeping is not something I do a lot of.