My fourth mother, my godmother, she passed away a couple years ago - her name was Gwen. She was the theater director… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
My mother was this White woman from Texas, from a racist town raised to believe in the inferiority of others by her… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it… — Maud Lindsay Copy Share Image
The more we sense...our ultimate potential, the more determined we become to achieve it. It's the difference between your mother hounding you… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I emerged from the black oil pools in the forgotten house of dreams in the wild backcountry of the heart. I am… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
My mother was the nicest person in the world. I still have people coming to me to say how she was so… — Arjun Kapoor Copy Share Image
John McCain responded to critics who say he's too old for a sixth term by saying that his mother is 103 years… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
We need a plague. It's gotta happen. And don't worry, it's only gonna kill the weak. Seriously. Put on a sweater, take… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
He that commends me to mine own content Commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world am like… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“In Ibuza sons help their father more than they help their mother. A mother's joy is only in the name. She worries… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Karma can be an ill-timed mistress who always calls when your Mother-in-law is the first to answer the phone…. and it would… — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
The decor bowled me over. Everywhere I looked, there was something more to see. Botanical prints, a cross section of pomegranates, a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I had one young man tell me he wished I was his mom. Another young woman told me that every time she… — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
We doubt not the destiny of our country that she is to accomplish great things for human nature, and be the mother… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
When I heard that one in four women is affected by domestic violence in their lifetime, I was horrified. That's why this… — Reggie Yates Copy Share Image
I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review,… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened to give birth to me in… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I feel like a performer for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures. That… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
No matter what set she's been on over the last 12 years, my mother always finds a way to get in the… — Rick Hoffman Copy Share Image
I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Every mother can easily imagine losing a child. Motherhood is always half loss anyway. The three-year-old is lost at five, the five-year-old… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success, The Waste Land not figuring very… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
On Mother's Day, we take a moment to stop and honor our mothers for all they do. It has been my privilege… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
My mother can certainly be rough around the edges at times, but she also taught me to have compassion for people who… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
Your father tells you a story when you're a kid, or your mother or your uncle or whoever it is. You sit… — David Chase Copy Share Image
My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
Some people here think they don’t have to breastfeed, and I think, ‘Are you going to give chemical food to your child,… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me… — Alice Paul Copy Share Image
It sounds not only disagreeable but also paradoxical, yet it must nevertheless be said that anyone who is to be really free… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Who are we, as we stand before the child Jesus? Who are we, standing as we stand before today's children? Are we… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips,… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
