I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be… — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen. I remember one day, I… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
All my life, I'd been on the receiving end of my mother's endless tenderness and vigilant care. Being allowed to care for… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
I would say I'm black because my parents said I'm black. I'm black because my mother's black. I'm black because I grew… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I faded out. I was for a moment my father tapping on his cigarette, the way he holds it, crushing it flat.… — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
Like Semmering Academy, the Grove School was a Gothic pile of bricks run by 1950s-era chalk drones, which maintained its cultural viability… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother's womb. The mother is filled with… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Obviously, my tastes and my priorities have changed. But I'm still asking the question 'Why?' Just because I'm a mother doesn't mean… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
One of the hazards of making a major discovery early in your career is the burden of expectation, not helped in my… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
When I took my oath of office to serve as your Governor, remember, I swore to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“Mr. Rubenstein says he likes to apply the “mother standard” to giving. “When I built Carlyle, my mother didn’t call to say,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
My grandfather's family used to own a pasta factory in Naples and they would go door-to-door selling their pasta. So his love… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on… — Richard Sherman Copy Share Image
While analyzing so many people I realized the constant need of a mother, or a father, or a god (the same thing)… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to… — Donna Mills Copy Share Image
Both my parents came from North Carolina, in Warren County. My mother had a feeling that there was greater culture in North… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. My father was kind… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
We have been taught to wish for it, but the wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be… — Adam Phillips Copy Share Image
When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
Some really very special people need to be reminded at times as to how special they are. Today is your day Mommy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
Elvis was sincere, and he was - he was so loyal. And he was so homespun. He loved his mother, he loved… — Linda Thompson Copy Share Image
I was very close with my mother growing up. I have four older sisters who were an important part of my life.… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
“His mother is dead, yet she has never not been, in theory, at his shoulder. He wants her not to have known… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
People often talk about the characters in books as if they were considering whom to invite to a dinner party. 'Oh, I… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
When a mother comes home with her new baby, she will find her abstractions are all concrete now. 'Freedom' now means being… — Marni Jackson Copy Share Image
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself,… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
“The sciences are not sectarian. People do not persecute each other on account of disagreements in mathematics. Families are not divided about… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
No, I wasn't really suing my mother. I was just trying to get in control of my finances and my life. My… — Tiffany Darwish Copy Share Image
“A woman at one of mother's parties once said to me, "Do you like reading?" which smote us all to silence, for… — Rachel Ferguson Copy Share Image
To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The heart and life of a woman is much more vast than that. All women are made in the image of God… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent.… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
When the soul by the Holy Spirit comes to know the Mother of God; when in the Holy Spirit the soul becomes… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
If my mom came here today, she'd probably join this red-hat brigade. My mother got my sense of humor, even when I… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
