I never turned down a mother role.

Being a mother is the role I'm most proud of.

— Arianna Huffington

When I woke up this morning, I found I'd turned into my mother.

— Mary Rodgers

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had…

— Beth Ditto

“I'm my mother's first child, born when she was almost fourteen years old. "Think of it," I said to Laura when I turned twelve.…

— Carol Lynch Williams

She [my mother] was the force around which our world turned. My mother was propelled through the universe by the brute force of reason.…

— Nicole Krauss

Here's what I had: I had the arrogance of saying I'd like to be in a 'good' movie, so in fact, when I was…

— Ali MacGraw

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

— Richard Schiff

I have turned down playing the most despicable people on Earth. I turn it down all the time.

— Steven Bauer

I have turned down so many major advertising bids because I think either the time isn't right or I'm not.

— Linda Evangelista

I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If…

— Richard Griffiths

A mother's role is God-ordained. Mothers are to conceive, bear, nourish, love, and train. They are to be helpmates and are to counsel with…

— Ezra Taft Benson

My mother's role is as important as Dhanush's. I leave my kids with her and go for my shoots. I can be rest assured…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

— Peter De Vries

I was raised by a hard-working single mother, so my first role model was a woman. My only caretaker was a woman, and I…

— Louis C. K

“A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.” —Peter De Vries”

— Jenny Lee Sulpizio