Driven Quote by Mary Blakely

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost…

— Julie Christie

“The most difficult part of being a mother was to observe the mistakes of one's children: the foolish loves, the desperate solitude and alienation,…

— David Bergen

Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.

— Henrik Ibsen

Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in the end…

— Nicole Krauss

The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is…

— Rachel Cusk

The mother who set the standard for family and lead the way becomes a role model for society.

— Kishore Bansal

Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

— Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

— Jan de Bont

Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she…

— Mitch Albom

“I have no ambition to play the part of a mother, and why should I interfere with her illusions? I find it hard enough…

— Oscar Wilde

No role in life is more important than to be a good mother.

— James Cook

I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off…

— Katharine Hepburn