Mother Quotes · Page 179

My kids are the most important people in the world to me.

— Dwight Henry

The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw deal for my children.

— Richard Lamm

“Im everything your mother warned you about.. But secretly always desired !!!”

— Wayne Turner

If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.

— Rupert Everett

I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.

— Sarada Devi

“my mother snatched the rope necklaces away and was yelling at my father.”

— Suzanne Collins

My mother was a consulting dietician, and my father was a consulting engineer.

— Kimbal Musk

“My name is Antoinette Beauchamp, pronounced BEECH-um, and I am my mother's daughter”

— Sean Stewart

Suddenly she was here. And I was no longer pregnant; I was a mother. I never believed in miracles before.

— Ellen Greene

My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take…

— Halle Berry

All I ever wanted to be was a mum. It wasn't like when I was at school I thought: 'Oh, I'm going…

— Holly Willoughby

On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is…

— Calamity Jane

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And…

— Paul Simon

In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back.

— Vandana Shiva

The first time I smoked was at home with my mother and stepfather; they were like, If you are going to do…

— Matt Damon

“That’s what love is like: mother of the greatest bliss and stepmother of the most tragic misery.”

— Stefanos Livos

“How do we know we're not people in a movie?' she asked. I looked at her not knowing how to reply. Mama,…

— Julie Metz

He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had…

— Anonymous

If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband's family, why…

— Lisa See

We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract.…

— Anthony Doerr

That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which…

— Reese Witherspoon

I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that…

— Jodi Picoult

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially…

— Jill Abramson

When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when…

— Josemaria Escriva

There are bad moms out there. A mother that moves away from her child is what I call deadbet.

— A Smart Girl

Your mother doesn't own you. Your father doesn't own you. You own you.

— Laura Schlessinger

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing.

— Richard Branson

My mother didn't get her citizenship until much later in life.

— Jabari Parker

Father's day is very special much like Mother's day is.

— Sunny Singh

When I became a mother, my life completely changed.

— Katie Holmes

I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.

— Irina Shayk

Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is.

— Louise Hart

“She must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves.”

— Carrie Ryan

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

— Lisa Gardner

When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.

— Carine Roitfeld

Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother.

— Robert Byrd

I really feel that I've carried on my mother's legacy.

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

My only expectation, which I tell my kids very, very often, is that they follow their heart.

— Jonny Kim

“Your life is a blank canvas,” her mother always told her. “It is what you make of it.”

— Bryan Mooney

I was pregnant with my first child and so gloriously happy. I felt fecund and powerful.

— Dervla Kirwan