Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Emma Weymouth

My dad's Nigerian and I grew up in London, and that's just how it is.

I like the traditional way of doing things.

There are so many different ways to make your family. I'm just super-grateful to have my children.

You forget everything, nothing else matters once you have a baby.

It has been my ambition, for some time, to bring the heart of the house back to life. 'Emma's Kitchen' is the result of that ambition - a space for me to share my passion and some of my favourite recipes.

I have two boys with Nigerian heritage and that's the most important thing but race shouldn't define you. You just have to have a thick skin.

I wouldn't have liked to have gone to boarding school, but for boys it's different. Boys can thrive at boarding school. I assume they really love it.

It's exciting to hear lions roaring deeply at 11 P. M. at night. It's mad.

I got called back for 'Game Of Thrones,' and they nearly cast me.

There is no textbook guide to family life. You just have to try to find a way through it.

I was made more 'aware of myself,' from the outside in, when I got engaged.

Just get on with it.' That's a life motto.

I am so grateful for my boys. They're my entire life.

I'm not super-easily offended, but it's a problem when someone's making you feel different or separate because of your race.

I just call myself Emma.

I would love to keep dancing. Doing 'Strictly' has been so wonderful.

My race was never an issue in my life until C and I got engaged, after that, no one could stop talking about it. I pray for the day when it becomes less remarkable because race does not define you.

I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.

I went to hospital and they gave me an MRI scan and thought it was a non-cancerous tumour, because I had bled in my pituitary gland. It was very painful, so they ended up delivering John early. That whole process was terrifying. All I cared about was John.

I did 'Strictly' with my whole heart, my whole soul. I genuinely put everything into it. To be part of it is so amazing.

I've always, always wanted to present my own food show - one that includes a little bit of lifestyle, too. That's my ultimate goal.

I want to be a young mum.

Inclusiveness is about freedom and fairness.

I just want to live to see my children grow up.

I'd forgotten how tiny new babies are.

I auditioned for everything. It was daily, relentless. Independent films, chewing gum commercials, television shows.

It's unique living in a situation where your house is open to the public and you are part of the attraction - or at least that's what it feels like.

I absolutely love watching 'Strictly' every weekend and I can't believe that I'm getting the chance to be on this series.

My race was never talked about until I married into this family.

My mum originally taught me to cook.

Everyone is just so wonderful at 'Strictly.'

My mum was very hands-on - she was a brilliant mother - and I think when I have children I will probably be the same.

Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.

Having a baby is the best thing in the world.

I do believe in fate - I think you have to. It helps make sense of things.

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

Whatever I've done, if it's to represent something, to move something forward, if that's how it's being put, I'm thrilled. But it's really about our children's generation. They're three and one. Can you imagine, when they're in their 30s, what things will be like?

There has been some snobbishness, particularly among the much older generation. There's class and then there's the racial thing.

Ceawlin is good at both business and the fun side. We laugh at the same old jokes, and the boys get funnier every day.

But the more honest you are, the more people open up in return.

I'm always cooking and can be found in the kitchen rustling up something for myself and the boys.

I'm having my portrait painted, for example, so that will be then put up at Longleat and hopefully stay here for a long time. You become part of a long line that goes back and will hopefully continue. That's what you want. You just want the house to survive, and you do everything you can to maintain it, look after it and support.

I'm like a cookie-making machine sometimes - they go so quickly and I have to make more.

I have long held the ambition of my own TV chef programme.

It's important for children to understand how important their diet is. What you eat impacts on how you feel, as well as staying fit and strong, so it's great to get that into your children's consciousness as early as possible.

I really enjoyed being pregnant up until the point when the terrifying pains began.

I'm different to how I used to be but then I think having a baby changes everyone.

I am athletic and I exercise a lot, so I might look like I dance, but I don't.

I'm a big believer in honesty, and in this Instagram world, it's important to remember that not everyone's lives are perfect.

I feel like having children - and the illness I had when I was pregnant - is probably more important than anything else to the person I am now. I'm massively aware of how we can take everything for granted - how fragile life is.

I was taken aback by the amount of interest, due to my colour, that exploded when we got engaged. It has developed into a good conversation which has changed the way Britain is adapting. I am glad to be part of that, though I didn't do it on purpose! I just happened to fall in love.

So many people struggle to have children and it's not unusual to go down a slightly different path if you need to.

I'm a London girl.

Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be living in a safari park!

Do I believe in soulmates? I certainly hope so.

I have a real passion for food - I love to cook for my family and friends and relish any opportunity to entertain.

One minute I'm inside this magical glitter bubble, then it's straight back to mum-life. Literally. That is my life!

When you fall in love and get married you're excited just to be in love and getting married.

I could keep McQuiston, but growing up it was a hard-work surname. Everyone would always ask me to spell it or just get it wrong. I could call myself Emma Weymouth, or maybe I should take the family name and become Emma Thynn.

Do you know what, before 'Strictly,' I've always regretted not training as a dancer.