“Aye, so it is," cried her mother, "and Mrs. Long does not come back till the day before; so it will be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
It's always difficult when you're working with Mother Nature, because you need to adapt to that. — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
A lot of time, mothers put their kids first, their selves aside, and then there's some moms who are like, 'Look, I'm… — LeToya Luckett Copy Share Image
My father has taught me not to succumb to nihilism, and my mother has taught me the value of hard work and… — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
“When I was a child and told my mother I didn't felt this was my planet, she thought I was schizophrenic or… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. She doesn't fold to peer pressure.… — Doug Flutie Copy Share Image
“I feel like people are only really dead once you stop learning about them. This is why it is important to me… — Liz Moore Copy Share Image
My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather,… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
After the war, my father, Bernard, left the Army Air Forces to fly for Trans World Airlines. But after I was born,… — Dianne Wiest Copy Share Image
“Ah, even sitting here on my front porch, looking out over the fields, there's a part of me aches to see him… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“She smelled sometimes of lemons, sometimes of sage, sometimes of roses, sometimes of bay leaf. At times I would no longer hear… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My father worked three jobs, my mother worked two, seven days a week sometimes. And they wouldn't take welfare or social assistance,… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same. — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
“Sir, this young fellow's mother could: whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had, indeed, sir, a son for her cradle ere she had… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl. — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
As a child, I used to tell my mother that one day I will come on TV for one of the Ekta… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I wouldn't have been more moved if my own mother had taken me in her arms and said, 'I… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made… Give milk, O mother,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and… — Lea Thompson Copy Share Image
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for… — Paul O'Grady Copy Share Image
I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable. — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
My old friend, water, my good companion, my beloved mother and father: I am its most natural offspring. — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor, and my mother said, 'Call Aaron Sorkin.' It seemed dubious that I'd make it… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“Like she’s realized, really realized, she’s failed as a mother. I instantly regret being the one to bring the realization to the… — Inglath Cooper Copy Share Image
I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
