O German mother dreaming by the fire, While you are knitting socks to send your son His face is trodden deeper in… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
“Below there are cyclists, lorries, men; it is a grey street and a grey subway;—it affects me as though it were my… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
For me fortunately, my mother was my backbone. She was an independent and fierce woman, and she made sure I am too.… — Asha Parekh Copy Share Image
There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
“When you're a black woman", her mother said, "ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die.… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
And to be a mother, if you call that job, then thats probably the best ever job one can have! But being… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
Women are wives and mothers and girlfriends, but not the center of our own stories. No one's the good guy; no one's… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
The women of my mother's generation had, in the main, only one decision to make about their lives: who they would marry.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
When I hit 16, I got a scooter to ride to school. It was bright pink, and I saw on the ownership… — Thomas Sangster Copy Share Image
God said to Abraham: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
“Enough!", Henry bellowed. His mother's mouth snapped shut. " You're talking about the woman I love! I don't give a shit about… — Andria Large Copy Share Image
When I gave birth to my son, something happened. It is a huge thing for a woman: a whole set of emotions… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
“I pulled out my bag and examined my mother's picture. I wondered what it had been like to be inside her, just… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Since I was sent to an orphanage, and I saw very little of my mother, I can counsel mothers that you shouldn't… — Juan Gabriel Copy Share Image
I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Because I was involved in so many other areas of life and so many productive activities, I wasn't judged for not being… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I'll wear one dress and someone will be, 'That's a gorgeous dress.' But my mother will be, like, 'What were you wearing?… — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
“Dad" I pleaded, "this is so [cuss word you never, ever say in front of your mother] ridiculous.” — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
My son is going to grow up looking at the newspaper cuttings and thinking, 'Wow, my mum did this.' — Fallon Sherrock Copy Share Image
No song or poem will bear my mother's name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain:… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother. — Edmonia Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic. My mother and I were unpacking and she found my diaphragm. I had to tell her it was a bathing… — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Thanks to my mother, people tell me I look younger than I am, especially without make-up. And I suppose my father had… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
My mother was a star-struck girl from a little town in Arkansas who had gone to finishing school in New York, and… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
My dad was a drummer for The Mamas & The Papas, and his mother was in the jazz world, so music has… — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, hundreds of bees in the purple clover, hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, but only… — George Cooper Copy Share Image
“An hour and forty-five minutes before Nazneen's life began-began as it would proceed for quite some time, that is to say uncertainly-her… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
When my mother talked about her brother, there was this light in her eyes. I thought, 'This is the basis of a… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“Holy Mary, mother of God," my mother said. "You were being chased by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and a rabbit.” — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I’m already in the late stages of advanced detachment where my mother is concerned. With a little practice I could feel that… — Susan Juby Copy Share Image
My mother was - and is - a very strong woman; very strict. She was a serious mum; a feared parent. — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
“When avoidance of pain becomes the major emphasis of childbirth care, the paradoxical effect is that more women have to deal with… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
My grandmother played a huge influence in my life and helped raise me, and she and my mother saw how much I… — Adam Cole Copy Share Image
I get the utmost pleasure in life out of showing my children how much I adore the life out of them. — Stacey Solomon Copy Share Image
I got the role of a lifetime in Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Phagun' in 1973. I had to play Jaya Bachchan's mother. That… — Waheeda Rehman Copy Share Image