Maternal Quotes

110 Maternal quotes by 96 unique authors

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies. — Harry A. Blackmun
I had a great mother, and I'm very comfortable with that maternal element. — Greg Bryk
I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and… — Paul Gauguin
O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep! — Edgar Lee Masters
To me the early childhood story is an ecumenical one. You take poverty seriously. You take seriously maternal depression. You take seriously children under stress… — Robert Manne
Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother was German and… — Michael Shermer
I've never been particularly maternal. — Clare Balding
Bright flower! whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care And all the long year through the heir Of joy or sorrow, Methinks that… — William Wordsworth
Every day of my adult life, I have worn at least one piece of jewelry from my maternal grandmother's collection, all of which were manufactured… — Sloane Crosley
My maternal grandmother - she was a compulsive reader. She had only been through five grades of elementary school, but she was a member of… — Umberto Eco
The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're… — Paul Farmer
We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in… — Paul Farmer
There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can… — Ralph Fiennes
I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. — Helen Mirren
My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance… — Al Pacino
I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene. — Dan Savage
The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret. — Ayelet Waldman
I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I… — Ayelet Waldman
Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear… — Frans de Waal
Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. — Chris Hardwick
The moon rose, an opalescent goddess tipping light from her harsh maternal scimitar. — Gregory Maguire
we can learn to trust our maternal selves and to have faith in the innate goodness and purity of our children - even when we… — Katrina Kenison
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as… — Walt Whitman
More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century.… — Nicholas D. Kristof

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