“There is always the fantasy of maternal love, but it does not accommodate a mother's fear of her children.” — Stephanie Bishop Copy Share Image
I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American. — Lela Loren Copy Share Image
If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I come from a family of linguists. My maternal grandparents have been authors and translators. — Ishaan Khatter Copy Share Image
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
No one believes me when I talk about this, but I'm really, really maternal. — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute. — Jessica Capshaw Copy Share Image
Young women who live in areas with high maternal mortality change their behavior less in response to HIV than young women who… — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I just always idolized maternal figures - how they carry themselves, how they take care of people. I've always loved the diva… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Not one day of my mother's adult life passed without some critical demand on her maternal role, without some urgent response from… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother, Rose, was as tough as an old boot - she knew her own mind. She was the first person… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
“I became a mother before becoming sick, but i never expected sickness to take away my independent mothering, so i plant trees… — Nikki rowe Copy Share Image
One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
I come from a strong matriarchal line. I was raised by Gypsy, her sister, Mary, and my maternal grandmother. The result of… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
“I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I felt very maternal around eight months. And I thought I couldn't become any more until I saw the baby... But it… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
A woman by her very nature is maternal -- for every woman, whether ... married or unmarried, is called upon to be… — Alice von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
Because sanitation has so many effects across all aspects of development - it affects education, it affects health, it affects maternal mortality… — Rose George Copy Share Image
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
For our maternal mothers the last months of pregnancy and the first months following delivery are generally an exhausting and a challenging… — Danny Santagato Copy Share Image
“But this woman was all mother. A stern one, perhaps, and autocratic at times, and somewhat hard--but after all and in spite… — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
“Everyone has been overjoyed with the birth of their first son, bringing celebratory sweets, new clothes for the baby, fennel tea to… — Shilpi Somaya Gowda Copy Share Image
I had a great mother, and I'm very comfortable with that maternal element. — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who was a doctor. — Hasnat Khan Copy Share Image
“There's something about dealing in death that brings out the maternal in me.” — Leslie Langtry Copy Share Image
