When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
You're it for me, baby. Just you. You're not going to be your mother. You're special and unique and we're going to… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
“Then one of the most hurtful memories came up. It was one night about a year ago. I was 16 and my… — Anthony London Copy Share Image
Well, I dare not allow myself any illusions, and I am afraid it may never happen that Father and Mother will really… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
When my mother was trying to teach me how to make friends when I was a kid, she'd bring girls over to… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
“The Mother of God is asked to 'pray zealously to her Son and her God,' and the words of the psalm are… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young,… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
When I had photographed Prince William's mother, I brought along a CD of Dalida, a French singer, that we played on set… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person's nose whenever you see one until at… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“No matter how much he talked, she never answered him, but he knew she was still there. He knew it was like… — Pat Cunningham Devoto Copy Share Image
I come from a mixed family, where my mother is art house cinema and my father is B-movie genre cinema. They're estranged,… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
"The Prince Of Tides" is a lot about my mother - what my mother would do after Dad would hit one of… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Marisa! Marisa!” The cry was torn from Lord Asriel, and with the snow leopard beside her, with a roaring in her ears,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
Courage is the most important thing...Wake up yourselves and others. Control your mind and have firm determination... Be firm like a rock,… — Haidakhan Babaji Copy Share Image
Over and over again, stories in women's magazines insist that women can know fulfillment only at the moment of giving birth to… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
There is now a patent restricting the use of an herb called philantis neruri for curing jaundice. An even more blatant example… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
My mum, who died in 2011, was the most loving mother you could ask for. She was very compassionate, always a good… — Fiona Bruce Copy Share Image
To get me in to the Army underage, my mother signed me in saying that my birth certificate was lost in a… — Robert Downey Sr Copy Share Image
You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream,… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It's… — Tim Allen Copy Share Image
I'm relieved Peeta's alive. I tell myself again that if I get killed, his winnings will benefit my mother and Prim the… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
I don't care if people compare me to my grandmother. I can never be like my grandmother. Nor was my grandmother ever… — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
When I was 5 and my sister was 3, we went on a family trip, and she ate cheese off the floor… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a "beacon of orientation" during the first five months of life. The mother's… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
I was raised primarily by women. I had a mother who almost killed herself to survive, I had a sister who was… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
“There should be different words for giving birth than the ones we have. 'Giving' should at least be 'undertaking' or 'undergoing'. I… — Frances Greenslade Copy Share Image
There has never been a time or will never come a day when you will not be as important as you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
After a tumultuous 20-year marriage, my father up and left one day, leaving my mother to raise three boys without the means… — Theodore Melfi Copy Share Image
You know, the age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
“In a rush this weekday morning, I tap the horn as I speed past the cemetery where my parents are buried side… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
They had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I love you as the mother of my child": the kiss of death. Mother of His Child: demotion. I am beginning to… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
