Adults Quote by Rita Dove

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before…

— Marianne Williamson

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

— Russell Crowe

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I'm not a traditional mother and I don't view family in a traditional way, but I think I can be a mother of the…

— Michele Lamy

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people…

— Jodi Picoult

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective…

— Yolanda Hadid

Just because you become a parent doesn't mean you grew up.

— Ali Wong

I was brought up by a father and mother who were radically different.

— Robert Lepage

For a long time I didn't believe that I couldn't become a mother. But when I finally came to terms with it, then I…

— Shabana Azmi

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

— Anne Lamott

Thousands of years of human history have shown that the ideal setting for children to grow up is with a mother and a father…

— Marco Rubio

Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast centuries, fathers…

— Sandra Scarr