Foundation Quote by Tina Fey

A parent has to be silent much of the time.

— Helen Beardsley

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are…

— Ayelet Waldman

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

— Sarah Addison Allen

When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or…

— Erma Bombeck

As a new mother, you're so vulnerable and make mistakes all the time. I guess there's more pressure when you're in the public eye,…

— Jessica Marais

Because mothers make us, because they map our emotional terrain before we even know we are capable of having an emotional terrain, they know…

— Rebecca Walker

I think mothers get a raw deal in American culture, so I've been defending them. I have three daughters, and I know that as…

— Tyne Daly

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

— Frances O'Grady

A mother should be like a quilt...keep the children warm but don't smother them.

— Anonymous

“The world is full of instructions and advice on how to mother, in bookstores, in academia, on the playgrounds, in the media. Mothers are…

— Mia Fontaine

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

— Victoria Secunda

When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which…

— Lacey Chabert