“My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.” KnowsLooksMotherThreeDiedCancerBreathingClockChristmas DayMother Died Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
“Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksChildrenImportantHomeMotherAsksParentEmotionalDependsPicksFulfilledStay At HomeEmotional LifePlath Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.” ThinkingMindLooksMotherDadComfortBoredDozenHungSuspiciousOf My MindPlaygroundsDisapprovingSingle Dad Author:Dominic West
“If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers, who were nearly all illiterate.” IfsLooksMotherDegreesUniversityEducatedIlliterateUniversity Degrees Author:Greg Mortenson
“I don't look at myself as a celebrity. People recognize me, but it's all about my music, my songs. It's not like I'm a greater being. I take my kids to school, pick them up, go to the grocery store. I'm a mother, and my kids mean more to me than even being an artist.” PeopleLooksMeanKidsSchoolMotherArtistSongGreaterPicksStoresGroceriesBeing An ArtistGrocery Stores Author:Faith Evans
“Before I had a son, I used to look at my father's example: he left me, he left my mother. When I had a son, I got caught in the same situation that his mother don't want me to see him. I started looking at my father in a different light.” WantLooksDifferentLightUsedMotherFatherLeftSituationExampleSonCaughtWant MeHe Left Me Author:French Montana
“I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding.” LooksIdeasWantedMotherClearHonestColorBabyBeing HonestHidingAdoption Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to action. There are some people in the world that we can't help, but there are so many more that we can. So when you see a mother and her children suffering in another part of the world, don't look away. Look right at them. Let them break your heart, then let your empathy and your talents help you make a difference in the lives of others. Whether you volunteer every week or just a few times a year, your time and unique skills are invaluable.” PeopleWorldYearsLooksHeartChildrenHelpingProblemSeemsActionMotherSufferingDifferencesBreakWeekTalentSkillsUniqueEmpathyMaking A DifferenceVolunteerSpursLives Of OthersInvaluableBreak Your HeartYou Make A Difference Author:Melinda Gates
“What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours.” MenShouldLooksTwoMotherFatherHoursDiedMerryFather DiedMy Father Died Book:Hamlet: Revised Edition Source: Hamlet: Revised Edition
“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.” IfsWorldWayLooksDifferentMotherOpportunityWaterNatureChallengesGreaterLandPlanetsPerspectiveShapesMountainResourcesRiversTreatsSacredSpeciesForestsVeinsDeitiesDifferent PerspectiveGroveTimberIrrigation Author:David Suzuki
“My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.” LooksMotherMinesDisappointedSandwiches Book:Tell the Wolves I'm Home Source: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of the daughter, would look sharp at the mother; ay, and back to the grandmother too, and along the whole female line of ancestry.” ThinkingMenLooksDoeWholeMotherLinesWifeDaughterFemaleGrandmotherAncestryPrudentMarrying Author:Maria Edgeworth
“I was that kid. I was entertaining everybody in the living room and throwing myself down flights of stairs and making the family look special and making my mother feel better and I really wanted to make people happy. That has been my ministry my whole life. I call it The Church of F.F.C. - The Church of Freedom From Concern. And I'm a high priest in that church.” PeopleFeelsLooksHas BeensWholeKidsWantedMotherChurchRoomsSpecialConcernWhole LifeFlightPriestsThrowingEntertainingMinistryFeel BetterStairsLiving RoomMaking People Happy Author:Jim Carrey
“In fact if you're a mother or a father, you're filled with oxytocin when you have a child. It makes you love the baby, even though they look like a lizard .You'll think it's the beautiful thing in the world.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksChildrenFactsBeautifulMotherFatherBabyFilledBeautiful ThingsLizardsOxytocin Author:Tony Robbins
“My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.” ThinkingLooksMotherMainstreamGeek Author:Nathan Fillion