Mom Quotes

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.

When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.

My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom, Portuguese and French Canadian. There's a lot going on there.

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.

I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real computer freaks.

When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.

I've changed my life in a lot of ways. I'm a mom, a wife, and a Christian. Some of the things I expressed in my early 20s aren't what I care to express right now.

You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.

My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.

I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.

I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.

My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

I'm like any working mom.

When I'm on that field, I give it everything I have, and when I come off, I'm a mom. As tired and exhausting as it is, it's about coming back, even after double days, and still being able to enjoy the kids.

I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.