I was always very quiet, and I think everyone thought that was because I was a good child. I'd sit there in… — Jameela Jamil Copy Share Image
I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order… — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
When a mother feels cold, she asks the child to wear a sweater. Our concept of poverty is that way. When we… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I didn't even realize this at first, but there's almost no central character in any of my 24 books who doesn't have… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“My mother started school when she was six and stopped the same term. She was unusual in the village, as she had… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
It's so hard to be a mother and to also want to practice your art. — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Whether you're playing a mom on-screen or you're in a car pool lane driving your child to school in the morning, there… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
I suppose all my life I was told by my mother that I was useless and rubbish, and all the rest, and… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Most men probably wouldn't want to live the lives of bonobos. They're constantly clinging to their mothers' apron strings. They lack the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to cook for eight every day - sitting down lunches and dinner, the way you do it in Italy,… — Carrie Ann Inaba Copy Share Image
Above all, there is Mother. She taught me how to love, how to have respect for other people. — Joe Greene Copy Share Image
God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
When I went on to college, I was allowed to take flying, as my mother had dearly loved flying and her father… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I knew the full 'Judy Garland Carnegie Hall' double album set at age 2. And then my mother wondered why I was… — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
