No child, through her own will, can pull a mother out of her suffering, and as an adult, I have been very… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
People took the word "clean" out of context. My mother had an expression: "clean as a whistle, sharp as a tack." I… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“It occurred to me that I had never seen my mother defeated, even when life presented difficulties and disappointments.” — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get… — Jennifer Tilly Copy Share Image
I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mostly I've been inspired by my mother. She is extremely driven and always makes every endeavour sound exciting. I think most of… — Christopher Masterson Copy Share Image
If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers,… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday, they can grow up and be… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I had my father's mind, but he had his mother's mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
All you crazy white people "I'm American!", all you did was come out of your mother's pussy on American soil. That's it.… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“I’m not really sure why Ziggy puts up with me. I’m broken. Mostly because of the broken woman who spawned me. I… — Rachel A. Marks Copy Share Image
My mother converted when I was 16. She was the driving force behind religion in our family. So, I'm sure I was… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
A mum is a rose whose petals are soft, A mum is a lily whose stem is tall and strong, A mum… — Babloo Copy Share Image
Ghosts! […] I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
It's only too easy to idealise a mother's job. We know well that every job has its frustrations and its boring routines… — Donald Woods Winnicott Copy Share Image
All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for his mother; anyone who does not have Mary for… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
In my mother's day, she didn't go to college. Not a lot of women did. Now for every two men who get… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
When you have overcome one temptation, you must be ready to enter the lists with another. As distrust, in some sense, is… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I was determined to experience the birth, and I am so scared at the thought of having my abdomen cut open. So… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Oh, no! I promise it's not human," Mom bats her hands in the air in an effort to wrangle them back into… — Addison Moore Copy Share Image
“My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway. — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, when I was 11 years old I was listening to The Mothers of Invention. You know, I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
“I thought of my mother (...). Freud wrote that no man is secure in the love of his mother can ever be… — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She… — Francis Meadow Sutcliffe Copy Share Image
“I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted them in… — Bridget Asher Copy Share Image
Romanticism is the mother of kitsch and that there are moments when the child becomes so like its mother that one cannot… — Hermann Broch Copy Share Image
Like all mothers, mother nature will tuck you safely into bed at night only to come into your room two hours later… — Greg Evigan Copy Share Image
I eat lots of mustard greens and collard greens. My mother cooks all the traditional southern food. — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
The more famous an actress becomes, the less she's allowed to eat. Unless she wants to play people's mothers. And in bad… — Lana Turner Copy Share Image
You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love. — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair? — Loni Anderson Copy Share Image
We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes. But mothers-never. — Mack Sennett Copy Share Image
My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would… — Paul Prudhomme Copy Share Image
![“Ghosts! […] I almost think we are all of us ghosts. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that ‘walks’ in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off…” quote by Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/henrik-ibsen-1419_belief_ghosts-i-almost-think-we-are-all-of-us-g_3184486.jpg)
![“[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She thought all artists little better than lunatics.” quote by Francis Meadow Sutcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/francis-meadow-sutcliffe-63947_art_my-mother-would-have-me-smothered-like-t_742183.jpg)
![“[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.” quote by St. Lucia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/st-lucia-2349_locked_my-mother-was-the-one-who-encouraged-me_1961216.jpg)
