“My mom and I used to listen to records, read, and take train rides across the country in the summer. It was a very chill life. She didn't expose me to anything that was ahead of my development, but she expected me to adjust to her world - she did not expect to adjust to mine.” WorldCountryUsedRecordsMinesMomDevelopmentSummerTrainMy MomExpectedChill Author:Martha Plimpton
“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.” PeopleCountrySongRecordsFrontsMomDadStandardsDown AndMy MomOld PeopleBack WhenMom And Dad Author:Ricky Skaggs
“Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.” MindCountryMomProudDadDrugBaseballAlcoholYour MomDrugs And AlcoholMom And DadGreat CountryProud Of You Author:Mickey Mantle
“I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house did.” KnowsWayCountryHomeRunningFoundHouseLeftFeminismMomMy Mom Author:Joss Whedon
“We are seeing it. We are seeing the fabric of this country fall apart, and it’s falling apart because of single moms.” CountryFallSeeingMomFabricFalling ApartSingle Mom Author:Rick Santorum
“I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.” CountryBornMomMy MomNashvilleTennessee Author:Lucy Hale
“My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.” CountryInspirationMotherInfluenceGrewMomGrew UpCriticsMy MomKitchenGrandmotherMy GrandmotherMexicanPioneersCuisine Author:Aaron Sanchez
“My mom had bought this camera to take classes herself and I remember working with her on it, understanding how the stop-motion [worked], having a high shutter speed and things like that. Long before I picked it up myself, I remember being on a slide at a country club going into the water and wanting my mother to put in on a high shutter speed so she could catch me on the slide without it being blurred. I remember having fun with her: "Let me go on the slide and you'll catch me in motion!" Those are some of the little moments in my artistic making.” LittlesLongCountryMomentsRememberMotherFunUnderstandingWaterClassMomGoes OnLet MeCamerasClubsMy MomSpeedArtisticHaving FunSlidesLet Me GoShuttersCatch MeCountry ClubsLittle Moments Author:Jeff Vespa
“I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her on a cross-country road trip, and I wanted to actually take the trip with my mom to see what it would be like to drive cross-country with your mom.” CountryStoriesWould BeWantedSonMomCrossesMy MomYour MomRoad TripCountry Roads Author:Dan Fogelman
“I am just here to support the President of the United States. President of the United States is our boss, but he is also... you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen, and when you don't it will usually bite you on the ass later on. So, I'm here to support the President.” KnowsFirstsCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportMomDadAssBossBitesFirst LadyYour Dad Author:Chris Rock
“My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.” CountryPlayUsedMomDadBandIncrediblesMy DadMy MomSingers Author:Jonny Lang
“I try to show everybody Iceland all the time. My people are like, "Don't tell everybody the secret. It's so peaceful and beautiful here!" It's incredible; I go home and drive across country, and go to my mom's place and it's dark with the Northern Lights, and I like to sit in some hot springs.” PeopleTryingCountryShowsHomeLightBeautifulDarkSecretMomSpringHotIncrediblesMy MomPeacefulIcelandNorthern Lights Author:Anita Briem
“That's not what I want my children to hear. That's not representative of the country that I want my children to grow up in. And so that actually I found far more upsetting as a mom, as a woman, as an American, and even as my mother's daughter than anything they said about my mom.” WantChildrenSaidCountryMotherFoundGrowsGrowing UpMomDaughterMy MomMy ChildrenUpsetRepresentativesThey Said Author:Chelsea Clinton
“Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and traveling to the clinic take time, and research shows that health care is one of the first tradeoffs women make when they're too busy.” FirstsCountryShowsMightCareKidsMotherPoorMomResearchDoctorsResponsibleBusyHealth CareTake TimeToo BusyClinicPoor CountriesBreastfeeding Author:Melinda Gates
“My mom just recently reminded me that I used to build these little miniature worlds outside at our country house and populate it with little figures.That whole thing [shooting is] about trying to create a world - there's something very connected to childhood and reverie and daydreaming and fantasy.” WorldTryingLittlesCountryWholeUsedHouseFantasyChildhoodFiguresMomMy MomConnectedOur CountryShootingDaydreamingReverieMiniaturesCountry Houses Author:Gregory Crewdson
“I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.” DifferentCountryMatterAgeNamesBoysFieldsSonGrewMomDadGrew UpBuiltTownsRaisedMy MomMy SonSouthernGrandfatherSmall TownCornMy GrandfatherBackyardsIndianaMom And Dad Author:Mike Pence
“Truly 1 percent of this country serves and protects the freedoms of the other 99 percent of us, so many of us don't have that connection. Fortunately, Jill Biden does. She's a blue-star mom. Their son was in the National Guard - or is in the - in - is a Reservist.” DoeCountryStarsSonMomProtectPercentConnectionsBlueBidenNational Guard Author:Michelle Obama
“Going back to the discussion we were having about immigration reform, some of the most challenging discussions I've had are with activists who essentially would argue that any immigrant from Central America, let's say, who gets here to this country should be allowed to stay because their country is dangerous, their country is poor, and the opportunities for that mom and that kid are much greater here, and why would you send them back?” ShouldCountryKidsAmericaOpportunityChallengesPoorGreaterDangerousMomArguingImmigrationReformDiscussionImmigrantsActivistImmigration ReformCentral America Author:Barack Obama
“I think for many of us - speaking for just a pocket of the country - we trusted Obama. So when you leave your baby with your mom to watch, you don't run home and check the nanny cam. But now we've left the baby with Gary Busey, so we're going to be a lot more on it.” ThinkingCountryHomeRunningLeftWatchesBabyMomChecksPocketsTrustedYour MomGaryNannies Author:John Mulaney
“What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing the sea of people was, "What a remarkable country this is and how lucky am I that we live in a place where the son of a single mom, not born into any kind of fame or fortune, in a pretty remote state somehow can end up be in a position to - to make a difference."” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsKindEndsCountryStatesRememberBornDifferencesGoneFourSeeingSeaPositionSonMomFameLuckyFortuneMaking A DifferenceRemarkableFour YearsUps & DownsSingle Mom Author:Barack Obama
“I think people are lonely and desperate for attention and unemployed and bored. I don't mean that these are losers that live with their mom, although that is true for many of these people. I think people in general are literally underemployed and lonely and bored in this country because of the economic downturn, and because of the isolation that's available because of the internet. The internet has both freed people up to connect with each other and isolated them.” PeopleThinkingMeanCountryAttentionEconomicMomInternetLonelyBoredDesperateIsolationLoser Author:Moshe Kasher
“I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.” ThinkingImportantCountrySchoolParentTeacherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomStressedEducator Author:Soledad O'Brien
“Like other undocumented people in this country, I want a green card, and I want a driver's license, and I want a passport. What, to me, is the immigration bill? It's a green card, a driver's license, and a passport. That's what it's about to me, tangibly. That I could see my mom. That I could drive. Is there anything more American than driving? That I could get a green card and be able to - right now, I'm just like freelancing and working as an independent contractor. It's hilarious. I'm unhirable.” PeopleCountryMomIndependentMy MomDrivingImmigrationContractor Author:Jose Antonio Vargas
“It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.” KnowsLittlesCountryBigsTogetherMotherNationsInspiringWifeMomMarriedDaughterGrandmotherMothers DayLittle SisterBig SisterWidowed Author:Ann Romney