My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
“Even his mother, his own mother, had once accused him of being a snob.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Writing about the 1950s has given me tremendous respect for my mother's generation. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm really happy for my son. He's turned his life around. I'm so proud of him. — Robert Downey Sr Copy Share Image
The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law. — Benjamin Walker Copy Share Image
My mother would tell me that the shortest cut to purification after the unholy touch was to cancel the touch by touching… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Work and happiness are like mother and daughter; work brings forth happiness, but hard work brings forth great happiness!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get into the mindset that being heterosexual is a brave new world, because you can conceive, and you work out… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
After having a baby, there will inevitably be something on your body - a mark, a scar or some loose skin -… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
“America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, and everyone is hung up on trying to be a man” — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
“You can blame your mother, and she can blame hers. Leastways sooner or later it's the fault of somebody who's dead.” — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I have had someone wonderful things happen to me during my career and lifetime. Of course, personally, the birth of my daughter… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
I just kept thinking about what my mom [Hillary Clinton] has said repeatedly when people have asked her similar questions, she's tough… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
When you are the woman upstairs, nobody thinks of you first. Nobody calls you before anyone else, or sends you the first… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“I took a final look at my mother’s silhouette in the doorway and tightened my grip on the steering wheel. Hades followed… — Kaitlin Bevis Copy Share Image
Because our generation has waited so long to have babies, we feel we've 'discovered' something that women have been doing for thousands… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
If I go home I'll see poverty, I didn't want to go home. No vegetables today. So make black tea and eat… — Bharti Singh Copy Share Image
[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for… — Angela Alioto Copy Share Image
Through it all, the bad and the horrible, you taught me to hold my chin up high and walk with my back… — Lily Cruz Copy Share Image
My mother is a very fun-loving person. She has been through a lot in her life. She has had a couple of… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image