Mom Quote by Cobie Smulders

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

— Maya Angelou

My mom was my mother and father. My father lost his mind when I was about 4 years old. And my mom did everything…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

I had good parents. Nothing terrible happened. But I had the feeling that they kind of protected me from reality somehow.

— Lucile Hadzihalilovic

I grew up with a single parent, just my mother.

— Jason Taylor

I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.

— John Rzeznik

My mom and dad were very young when they had me.

— Brendan Hunt

My mom single-handedly brought up two girls, although my father was also a large part of my life.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

I grew up looking at my parents as equals.

— Mona Eltahawy

My youngest is 26, and so I hardly remember life not being a father, but my wife and I were hands on-parents.

— Timothy B. Schmit

You make certain assumptions as a parent. And you kind of think, at a certain point, you've figured things out. And then all of…

— Tony Shalhoub

My parents were just my parents. My dad was doing what he loves to do, he genuinely doesnt care about anything else. And that…

— Kenya Kinski-Jones

I think it's helped me to have two unconventional parents, who have always encouraged me to be myself.

— Anoushka Shankar