When I was happily married and found myself pregnant, I just thought that this would be just the next, normal chapter. I… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
His brother maintained that what sent people backing away was neither his size nor his mother's blood, but solely the expression on… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T is for the tears she… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Ignorance, far more than idleness, is the mother of all the vices; and how recent has been the admission, that knowledge should… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
You don't have body parts there do you?" my mother interrupted. "I don't want to open the fridge and find a head… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Every midwife knows that not until a mother’s womb softens from the pain of labor will a way unfold and the infant… — Rumi Copy Share Image
There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
My poor mother. Every time I get a job she asks, "Am I gonna have to watch you kiss someone again in… — Luke Bracey Copy Share Image
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
“A child’s bond to her mother cannot be understated, and my bond with Helen was a ragged, baffling, disheartening, chaotic mess. I… — Cathy Lamb Copy Share Image
A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And that, I suppose, is what I'd been trying to tell my mother that day: that her faith in justice and rationality… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
She was this incredible mom. With each of her kids, she did something called 'time,' where she would spend an hour each… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Half the walk is but retracing our steps. We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It was like a dam of musical critique had broken. Imasu turned on him with eyes that flashed instead of shining. "It… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I hate when a mother prevents the father of her children from seeing his kids because she is mad that he moved… — Deshawn Branch Copy Share Image
“You make it sound as if I hit her. I did nothing to Edie!' 'Oh? You did nothing? The woman I found… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
Great works of art can be produced in barbarous societies - in fact the very narrowness of primitive society gives their ornamental… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
Everything I do is inspired by my early life”, Bourgeois’ looked up to her mother who was the most important person in… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
“I think one of those old ladies down there gave me something. Which one looked guilty?” “Probably both of them. After all,… — Mercy Celeste Copy Share Image
My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver," he said, addressing the first insult by banging the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to… — Smohalla Copy Share Image
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don't forget. I… — Eric Dickerson Copy Share Image
And we debate whether it's a - some woman's right to tear you out of there a piece at a time! C'mon!… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the thought of his mother working so hard while he did nothing would come suddenly upon his and he would rush… — E. Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am. Undoubtedly, there are other routes to learning the wishes… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, a study of nearly 700 women in California showed an increased risk of fetal death among babies… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
Everything in my life boils down to my mother. A tradition, which a lot of people do not know of, is that… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
Before every show, I would call my mother and say, 'Mummy ,I don't know how I will sing today.' But that would… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
Did I tell you I finally found the perfect page-cutter? It's a pearl-handled fruit knife. My mother left me a dozen of… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
Looking back I realize I had the perfect family background to become the political cartoonist that I became. My father was stupid,… — Edward Sorel Copy Share Image