“She was a defective child-bearing machine. She destroyed herself automatically while giving birth to Dwayne.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
People had said to me how giving birth is like a marathon, and because I did train throughout the pregnancy I think… — Vogue Williams Copy Share Image
“She looked up at him with dark, tragic eyes, and again he was struck by the illusion of beauty and innocence she… — Paula Altenburg Copy Share Image
Embracing the torture, as I'm assaulted by my own thoughts. Like a locust giving birth to earworms. Eeeeew! — Lady G Copy Share Image
I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
“I do not understand what makes mothers think they are walking-talking thermometers.But I think somewhere during the process of giving birth and… — Melody Carlson Copy Share Image
“To do it right, you need three people,” he explained. “One to hold em’ up. One to pocket the cash. And one… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
When I got pregnant, I told [Susan Sarandon ]. She said, "All right. I'm gonna tell you the thing to do when… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers. — Barbara Katz Rothman Copy Share Image
“In many modern dairy farms a milk cow usually lives for about five years before being slaughtered. During these five years she… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Motherhood implies from the beginning a special openness to the new person: and this is precisely the woman's 'part'. In this openness,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It's very healthy for a young girl to be deterred from promiscuity by fear of contracting a painful, incurable disease, or cervical… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth. — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
“Tell me something from Spanish literature," Schiele said. "I'll give you a line from my favorite novel. 'Los seres humanos no nacen… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
There are so many issues that impact women. When we talk about prison reform, for example, women were [once] sterilized in women's… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A lot of people die giving birth to their children who have AIDS and HIV and a lot of people don't survive… — Lucy Liu Copy Share Image
“On first hearing that little voice – as fine and friable, I felt, as cotton thread, the impact on my soul was… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Our religious institutions have far too often become handmaidens of the status quo, while the genuine religious experience is anything but that.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
My point of view actually on artificial intelligence, which ties into the nature for humans constantly looking into the reasons for why… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“Giving birth does not make you a mother. Being there daily in good times and bad to provide, care, comfort, teach, sing,… — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image