Able Quote by Dan Fogelman

I understood somehow my mother's frustration. And that it was no good not only for her, but for her children or her husband, that…

— Betty Friedan

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to…

— Natalie Merchant

I think I didn't know what I was creating, as much as I knew what I didn't want to do. And I didn't want…

— Sandra Cisneros

I resented my mother for guessing my innermost secrets. She was like God, everywhere at once knowing everything.

— Linda Hogan

My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to…

— Suzanne Vega

Even after the age of 50 it was impossible for me to see my mother as a human being. I felt she was a…

— David Small

When I was growing up, I just saw my mother as a successful businesswoman and awesome mother, so I never really thought, 'I can't…

— Lynne Doughtie

My mom tried to not let me see how much we were struggling, but I noticed it. I think that's what made me work…

— Jayson Tatum

My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and…

— Doris Lessing

I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the limelight. Many…

— Laurie Graham

I was completely unconventional in everything, which my mother found very difficult. I was a huge tomboy.

— Toyah Willcox

I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw