“A mother's voice is like no other. We recognize every lilt and whisper, every warble or shriek.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look. — Mary Martin Copy Share Image
I covered Kennedy when she was three years old and the darling daughter of President Kennedy who doted on her and whose… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards. — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
My mother was a dancer and my first ambition was to dance, but now that I've had some acting experience I want… — Joey Heatherton Copy Share Image
I like one hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain and things that are pink. I hate pimples, baked potatoes, when my… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“Sadie heard her inside cleaning up the kitchen and wondered what dreams Betty's mother had for herself, if all mothers had them,… — Karen Brown Copy Share Image
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself,… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
People often talk about the characters in books as if they were considering whom to invite to a dinner party. 'Oh, I… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
When a mother comes home with her new baby, she will find her abstractions are all concrete now. 'Freedom' now means being… — Marni Jackson Copy Share Image
I was very close with my mother growing up. I have four older sisters who were an important part of my life.… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
“His mother is dead, yet she has never not been, in theory, at his shoulder. He wants her not to have known… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
When I asked my mother where babies came from, she thought I said rabies. She said you get them from being bitten… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I grew up where we were told you couldn't do anything. 'By the way, if you think you're special, you're not,' my… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
I'm now a pretty good mix of my mother and my stepfather because I'm in general pretty mellow. I'm not hyper-emotional. But… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
My mother lives with me in Milan, while my father travels to and from Savona. My parents take care of my money,… — Stephan El Shaarawy Copy Share Image
The final scenes in 'Rain' are just like my mother-in-law when she would sit under the window in my sitting room -… — Penny Johnson Jerald Copy Share Image
“Six years later my mother's absence remained in the air around us, a deafening silence that I had not learned to stifle… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.” — Cynthia Hand Copy Share Image
I never had children, never even thought I would have children. Now I have 152 daughters; expecting 75 more next year. That… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“She was a mother. One who is mother only to her own children is not a mother; she is only a woman… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
All mothers sacrifice so much for their kids. So, I think it is the job of a mother that deserves the highest… — Manushi Chhillar Copy Share Image
“Motherhood is the best and worst job in the world. No matter how great a job you might do, you always feel… — Marie Force Copy Share Image
The people who've given me sh-t, I say - like my mother - what did she say? She used to say, 'Go… — Jacqueline Bisset Copy Share Image
My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
I sang those old gospel songs for my mother, and she said, is that you? And I said, yes, ma'am. And she… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I would have to say that my mother's entrepreneurial perspective, and that of her father's, are very evident in my own outlook. — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
It certainly changes your life. So that may be a cliché, but I think any woman would say that [day when her… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Loving me with my shoes off means loving my long brown legs, sweet dears, as good as spoons; and my feet, those… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will. — Fiona Wood Copy Share Image
My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the mother can't break the attachment, they say that the baby can't leave this world. For him to be happy in… — Park Gye-Ok Copy Share Image
My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be… — Joe Montana Copy Share Image
My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image