“For all her faults, it was actually my mom who instilled in me a love of reading, and books, for which I… — Paula Gruben Copy Share Image
I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Here's where I tell you that I love children, and where you look at me skeptically. But I do. I love them… — Courtney Hodell Copy Share Image
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it… — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image
There were lots of nightly relationships. But the reason you don't want to make a commitment is not that you're such a… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50.… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
My father died when I was 10; my sister got polio a couple of years later and was paralyzed. So there I… — Helen Gurley Brown Copy Share Image
I come from a background where there would be one mirror above the basin that was used by everyone in the house.… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
My mother always said bringing me up was a tiring business, which I 'believe. For instance, when we lived in Singapore, the… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
My mother was apt to fall out on the floor and start speaking in tongues. Actually, it was a great performance... It… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
“The child opened her beak even wider, and the stork let out a moan. “It really wouldn’t hurt you to take an… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Flowers grow beneath her feet, but she is not dead at all. The years have not diminished the Rice Mother. I see… — Rani Manicka Copy Share Image
I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
There's a site on the internet that swears up and down that I'm worth $46 million and that I'm one of the… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
The counsel to have a year's supply of basic food, clothing, and commodities was given fifty years ago and has been repeated… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Peaceful with six children Darya Alexandrova could not be...Rare indeed were the brief periods of peace...hard though it was for the mother… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Calling all mothers! Some advice for you. If you have a little girl, don't be the kind of mother who says: "All… — Orna Ross Copy Share Image
With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
“Their mother had white hands, long tapered fingers, and when she kneaded dough, her wedding ring clinked against the bowl. She was… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
I was so lucky. I grew up with an incredibly strong grandmother, mother and sister. All three, independent, fierce, clever women who… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse,… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
I was just a kid selling monster stories to the kids in the projects, complete with a dramatic reading, making the werewolf… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I really try and work very closely with the designers to be as consistent as possible to their vision and for their… — Jaime King Copy Share Image
I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my mother used to drive my father to work in Indianapolis, and I would see, practically every… — Robert Indiana Copy Share Image
My mother has always been the point I calibrated myself against. In knowing where she was, I could always locate myself, as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
“The mother kills one child to feed twelve, and one child to feed eleven, and one child to feed ten until she… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
Even after the age of 50 it was impossible for me to see my mother as a human being. I felt she… — David Small Copy Share Image
“Of the three women in Subhash’s life—his mother, Gauri, Bela—there remained only one. His mother’s mind was now a wilderness. There was… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“I might have been your zygote. Your fetus. Maybe even your off-spring. But I have never been your son. You have no… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I have quite a lot of fans in Holland because that is where my mother is from, in fact I have a… — Nelson Piquet Copy Share Image
“Living the basic good-mothering guidelines enables a mom to blend the responsibilities of parenthood with its joys; to know when to stand… — Sue Woodman Copy Share Image
When I am at work, I am at work and I rationalise that in my own head because I love my job… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
Progress comes by experiment, and this from ennui that leads to voyages, wars, revolutions, and plainly to change in the arts of… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
