My mother - it's not one of those waxing-poetic kind of things - she literally worked two or three jobs most of… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
I'm now a pretty good mix of my mother and my stepfather because I'm in general pretty mellow. I'm not hyper-emotional. But… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
Out of the corner of one eye, I could see my mother. Out of the corner of the other eye, I could… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up where we were told you couldn't do anything. 'By the way, if you think you're special, you're not,' my… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
When I asked my mother where babies came from, she thought I said rabies. She said you get them from being bitten… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I read someplace that I used to make B-pictures. Hell, they were a lot farther down the alphabet than that . .… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,Why… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The formation of the life of a person in the womb is the work of God, and it is not merely a… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that… — Dogen Zenji Copy Share Image
Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost… — Joely Richardson Copy Share Image
I don't fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, You know, tonight when I will… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
My Queen, My Mother, I offer myself entirely to thee. And to show my devotion to thee, I offer thee this day,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I was chunky. My mother would always joke she would have to get me husky jeans… — Harley Pasternak Copy Share Image
Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
You live with a writer [a mother], and you grow up with their words, their kind of fantasies, and I'd pretty much… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
“If I set my stones, my mum would be an opal, all swirly colours and clashy statements. I would put her at… — Gabrielle Williams Copy Share Image
Co-parenting is probably the toughest situation that I've had to deal with because my ex and I really just don't get along.… — Matt Barnes Copy Share Image
“Oh, it was delicious to have someone to keep secrets with...It was having someone look at you after your mother has nearly… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Before there was an American Story, before Paterson spread before Oscar and Lola like a dream, or the trumpets from the Island… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
My mother and sister must be very happy to be home with God, and I am sure their love and prayers are… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
It once amused me that it took me three tries to pass my driver's test and that my driving instructor told my… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Once, I compared poetry to mothers in my book called To Write as a Woman, because my mother is someone who captures… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
“mother carefully turned over four slices of French toast, then said in a steady voice, “No, Meg. Don’t hope it was a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Finally, she'd found a group on Corellia that had helped her deal with her addiction, helped her realize why she felt so… — A.C. Crispin Copy Share Image
Mother's Day. The backbone of every family, who knows what you need even before you asked or wished, who's ready to make… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest,… — Ace Frehley Copy Share Image
My mother does not give up and she never has on anything. I love her zest for life. She has never ever… — Sameera Reddy Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my father argue politics into the night and taking trips every Saturday to the Hood River library… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
My mother's last name, maiden name is Hogue. She is Cherokee and African. My grandfather, Dave Hogue, owned 300 acres of land… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My mother told me I said to her, at age three, 'I'm going to go to Italy and get my father in… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead."… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image