Mayim Bialik Quotes

I'm one of those people that makes a better adult than I did a kid.

I'm technically a vegan, but I do eat egg if it's in things.

Well, I mean, I'm still a scientist, you know. I think once a scientist, always a scientist.

I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction.

I get maybe four hours of sleep a night. I'm a little bit crazy.

The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

Even as a child, I felt very guilty about eating animals and never knew that there was something to do about it. And as I got older, it became clearer that there are things that I can do and choices I can make.

You don't have to be an at-home parent to be an attachment parent.

I like bold colors but usually wear black.

I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

I'm big on my kids being conventionally polite, and it works really well for them.

I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that ... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.

It used to be that if you were on a sitcom you couldn't get work in film because it was so different. Now it's almost like you have to be on TV to do other film work.

I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

I have a life. My kids don't run my house.

Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.

The fact is safe co-sleeping is not difficult. The notion of babies being smothered is simply not true. And the benefits of sleeping together are profound.

I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.

Publicly I'm a very modest dresser, by Hollywood's standards.

Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

I don't want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

I'm generally intimidated by adults.

I've never had a sinus infection or been on antibiotics since cutting out dairy.

I'm a pretty quiet person.

I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

I'm concerned about the ocean and the environment. And I love whales.

I don't care much about conforming.

A lot of stuff I wear I've had since high school.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.

you already know the majority of what you need to know to be an incredible parent

Don't listen to anyone's advice. Listen to your baby ... There are so many books, doctors, and well-meaning friends and family. We like to say, 'You don't need a book. Your baby is a book. Just pick it up and read it.'

I basically look like a lot of modern Orthodox people you know, but I work on a TV show where I sometimes have to kiss Jim Parsons. That's why I don't take on the title of modern Orthodox, but in terms of ideology and theology I pretty much sound like a liberal modern Orthodox person.

One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker.

I do believe babies are born potty-trained. They're born knowing and are able to give subtle signals that become very prominent if you reinforce them.

As a kid, I felt really weird.

I have a neuroscience background - that's what my doctorate is in - and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that.

I think a lot of times on TV we see caricatures - that's what's funny.