Born Quote by Sidney Poitier

I gave up before birth.

— Samuel Beckett

My mother left me when I was 2 years old which is devestating to a child.

— Kellie Pickler

I was so well loved by my mother that if people have any expectations of me I really don't notice because I'm hardest on…

— Hilton Als

My mother raised me herself, along with my six younger siblings, in Cleveland, and life wasn't easy even in the best of times. At…

— Nina Turner

PRENATAL: When your life was still somewhat your own.

— Nikhil Saluja

My mother was very hard on me when I was a child. I think she was raising me how the world was treating her.

— Erika Jayne

I was born. It was easy. My mother did all the hard work.

— Katie MacAlister

My mom got pregnant when she was 15. She dropped out of high school. She died in her forties, but before she died, she…

— Bobby Bones

There are mothers that feel they made a mistake by having a kid at a very young age and they didn't get to live…

— LeToya Luckett

I came out at a very early age. I sat my mom down at my 12th birthday party and told her in front of…

— Big Freedia

I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth…

— Mel Brooks

The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad…

— Michael Gove