The risk for a woman who considers her helpless children her "job" is that the children's growth toward self-sufficiency may be experienced… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“My mother smiled. "I know my baby wasn't like that." I looked at her. "Like what?" "Like those awful people. Those awful… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
And she hates being managed - that is not the word I want. What is it, Maturin?' 'Manipulated.' 'Exactly. She is a… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Scarlett tells Mammy: "I'm too young to be a widow." She weeps to her mother: "My life is over. Nothing will ever… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Amy Winehouse's mother wrote an open letter to the News of the World newspaper telling Amy she's worried about her and to… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
May I say to mothers collectively, in the name of the Lord, you are magnificent. You are doing terrifically well. The very… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“Today, the lay midwife is a response to a growing home-birth movement. In my own community most physicians have decided to withhold… — Susan McCutcheon Copy Share Image
My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
To reach your heart, as every indigenous tribe I know has told me, you must first remember your Divine Mother... Your Mother… — Drunvalo Melchizedek Copy Share Image
“Her father would return from China. He’d come back with all his soldiers. He’d pick her up in his strong arms and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
She drove me to ballet class...and she took me to every audition. She'd be proud of me if I was still sitting… — Elisabeth Moss Copy Share Image
I was born in a part of Tamil Nadu notorious for eliminating the girl child. I was the third daughter born to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely… — Carol P. Christ Copy Share Image
Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I'm happy with everything because basically all I… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Throughout her life my mother, Rose, prayed for good health. My father left when I was 12 and money was tight, so… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I'm destiny's child. I wasn't meant to be born: my mother bled for four months when she was pregnant, and then she… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
There is no love like a mother’s - she who carries the child that God knits in the womb, she who nourishes… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“By adopting, I was not a full-fledged mother in their eyes. I hadn't paid the price of pregnancy, hadn't earned the badge… — Jana Wolff Copy Share Image
My mother, along with Papa's other eventual wives - Pauline, Marty Gelhorn, Mary Welch - they all, at one time or another,… — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“Will she disapprove of me?" Helen asked. Rhys tried to imagine what his mother would make of this subtle, incandescent creature with… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Being happy is not all about love! Love is not everything. Work, friends, and achieving things... your finite thing in life can't… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
“WHAT EES ALL DEES STUFF? IN AFRICA WE DOAN HAVE ALL DEES STUFF!! WE HAVE DEE BABEE!!!" His message was simple. It… — Marie F. Mongan Copy Share Image
I may have not been the perfect child a mother could have. I may have made several mistakes and might have had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was called "T-Bow" but the people got it mixed up with "T-Bone." My name is Aaron Walker but "T-Bone" is catchy,… — T-Bone Walker Copy Share Image
Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Even today, when an Aboriginal mother notices the first stirrings of speech in her child, she lets it handle the things of… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
This work should commence with the conception of man, and should describe the nature of the womb, and how the child inhabits… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“If a mother has eight children, there are eight mothers. This is not simply because of the fact that the mother was… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“My mother by then had already begun her own decline, her own transformation, hardening into a bitter rind of a woman who… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
![“He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching us. "I'm not sure I feel comfortable about the way your grandma looks at me," Ranger said. [Stephanie] "She wants to see you naked." "I wish you hadn't told…” quote by Janet Evanovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/janet-evanovich-291_babe_he-ranger-stopped-in-front-of-my-parents_2142810.png)
![“She drove me to ballet class...and she took me to every audition. She'd be proud of me if I was still sitting in that seat or if I was watching from home. She believes in me and that's why this [award] is for her. She's a wonderful mother.” quote by Elisabeth Moss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/elisabeth-moss-11462_auditions_she-drove-me-to-ballet-class-and-she-too_578764.jpg)
![“I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother for the first time ever. I feel like I've confronted her, and the confrontation goes on.” quote by James Ellroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/james-ellroy-2967_book_i-don-t-want-to-recover-from-writing-thi_278409.jpg)
