I was shopping with my mother in 2006 and saw that there was a model casting going on. A couple of months… — Sigrid Agren Copy Share Image
In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are -- it's Look at me, Ma! It's acceptance, you know --… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
I took in a foster kid that I wanted to adopt in the state where I live, and I pay taxes, said… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my… — Mahmoud Darwish Copy Share Image
For 10 minutes, I was somebody's mother, and that was both the most traumatic and also the most transcendent experience of my life. — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
“My mother, sitting at the kitchen table, the steam rising from her cup entwining with the smoke curling from her cigarette resting… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Every new mother wonders, 'what will I pass on to my child'? Hunger is one inheritance no mother wants to give her… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
Whenever there's something you've done that everybody and their mother said you couldn't do, and it was like an impossible feat, of… — Matt Serra Copy Share Image
If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode.… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
There is no solution or perfect model you can follow. The best thing I can say is you've got to get close… — Maureen Chiquet Copy Share Image
My mother was German, and I was brought up with 'Struwwelpeter' stories, which are invested with all sorts of horrors waiting for… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother. — Mary-Louise Parker Copy Share Image
I've often called mothers the greatest spiritual teachers in the world. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
As far as unwed mothers on welfare are concerned, it seems to me that they must be capable of some other form… — Al Capp Copy Share Image
I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for… — Jennifer Stone Copy Share Image
It's something my mother believed in: If you are in a position of privilege, if you can put your name to something… — Prince Harry Copy Share Image
Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
“My mother is the antithesis of a typical Jewish mother, she is very soft-spoken and takes more naps that a cat. As… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
My mother taught me to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day, so I always do that - I could be partying… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I'm Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Diane von Furstenberg is an extraordinary woman. She's modern. She's a mother, a grandmother, a leader. — Karen Katz Copy Share Image
“In this pause, I suddenly saw something very clearly. Whatever it was I wanted from my mother was simply not there to… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the key to stopping the spread of AIDS. Yet millions of children are missing an education. Missing their teachers who… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours… — Katharine Anthony Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I describe my look as a blend of mother goose, cinderella, and the local hooker! — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I find I'm the sort of harried working mother who has difficulty scheduling in a bit of rest amid the Ptolemaically complicated… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
