I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who was a doctor. — Hasnat Khan Copy Share Image
I had a great mother, and I'm very comfortable with that maternal element. — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
“There's something about dealing in death that brings out the maternal in me.” — Leslie Langtry Copy Share Image
Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
...there's something about maternal love - it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is. — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
No one believes me when I talk about this, but I'm really, really maternal. — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
My maternal granddad, Leonard, was full of amazing stories. He was an orphan, with 11 or 12 brothers and sisters, and he… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
Intellectually, Stephen was a towering giant. Bodily, he was as helpless as a newborn. The functions I fulfilled were all maternal rather… — Jane Hawking Copy Share Image
Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her… — Edith Stein Copy Share Image
Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
“Why one enjoys maternal grandparents more than the paternal ones, i have never understood, but it was like that for me.” — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
Being pregnant is a very boring six months. I am not particularly maternal. It's an occupational hazard of being a wife. — Anne, Princess Royal Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting,… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“--what's really unique about maternal anxiety today is our belief that if something goes wrong with or for our children, it's a… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
I think a beautiful quality that's a biological, hormonal imperative for women, whether they have children or not, is that we're built… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
“So boasting of her capacity to surround and protect, there was scarcely a shell of herself left for her to know herself… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I felt very maternal around eight months. And I thought I couldn't become any more until I saw the baby... But it… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
A woman by her very nature is maternal -- for every woman, whether ... married or unmarried, is called upon to be… — Alice von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
Because sanitation has so many effects across all aspects of development - it affects education, it affects health, it affects maternal mortality… — Rose George Copy Share Image
“I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“But this woman was all mother. A stern one, perhaps, and autocratic at times, and somewhat hard--but after all and in spite… — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
For our maternal mothers the last months of pregnancy and the first months following delivery are generally an exhausting and a challenging… — Danny Santagato Copy Share Image
“Everyone has been overjoyed with the birth of their first son, bringing celebratory sweets, new clothes for the baby, fennel tea to… — Shilpi Somaya Gowda Copy Share Image
While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American. — Lela Loren Copy Share Image
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
