My mother said I was always an intense child, a very sensitive child. So that probably helped the emotions to be very… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I was not yet three years old when my mother determined to send one of my elder sisters to learn to read… — Juana Inés de la Cruz Copy Share Image
I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe… — Candace Parker Copy Share Image
Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I love being middle-aged in general. I'm more at peace with myself now. I still have tormented times, but they are few… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
“I'd just done the most important thing a person can ever do. I'd made life. At the very instant he was put… — J. Matthew Nespoli Copy Share Image
Now it's dedicated to my grandparents and to both of my parents. The first book was dedicated to my mother so I… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
When I started years back, there was a lot of apprehension to don a mother's role. People feared that once you play… — Priyamani Copy Share Image
In the States, the HIV transmission from mother to child is almost completely preventable - the only mothers who really do transmit… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
“If you’re worried that skipping the pain of childbirth means you’re somehow cheating your baby, or yourself, you’re not. Because the truth… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
I'm sure my priorities will change. My mother was such a great mother and is still such a big part of my… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
I'm no longer just a candidate. I'm the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“If it is your fault that your mother is miserable, it becomes a potentially fixable affront. Taking blame means that at least… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I loved really loud things. My grandmother and I went to the Fulton Mall, and I bought… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
So (if) some cracker come and tell you 'Well, my mother and father blood go back to the Mayflower,' you better hold… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
You know, I never really paid attention to sports, which, coming from the mecca of football in Texas, is kind of odd.… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“And, Momma, if there is a separate heaven for gay people,” Danny continued with a smile, “well, you’ll just have to come… — Greg Hogben Copy Share Image
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all… — Meredith Baxter Copy Share Image
“She had some hidden reason of her own for attaching great importance to this choosing what her mother was to wear. What… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“If she does everything right at work, things usually go as planned, but it doesn’t matter if she does absolutely everything in… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
Besides, I'd heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings, and they often took the form of boasts. The prestigious… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's… — Al Roker Copy Share Image
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name,… — Jonas Hallgrimsson Copy Share Image
Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Yes, Leander locked me out. I'd gone with my child for a birthday party. Leander and his mother were running out of… — Rhea Pillai Copy Share Image
I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
“That night, Gregory dreamt of his mother. It was a dream that he'd have carried to his therapist like a raw, precious… — Marcus Speh Copy Share Image
Trust grows when babies and mothers establish that they can find each other again after the inevitable moments of losing touch. It… — Carol Gilligan Copy Share Image
There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
On 'Hairless Toys,' I've tried to create an ambiguous character to go with an ambiguous record. She's anything but rock n' roll… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
Ego's trick is to make us lose sight of our interdependence. That kind of ego-thought gives us a perfect justification to look… — Gelek Rimpoche Copy Share Image
