“Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!” IfsTryingStillsFactsFeelingsUsedParentMomProudBandMy MomOne Direction Author:Zayn Malik
“I must speak the truth, even at the risk of being ostracized by my fellow scribblers. In fact, anticipating their rage, I have already applied for a place in the Canada Council's witness-protection program. This because, much as it pains me to turn on my kind, I fear the time has come to admit that far too many celebrated writers were outrageous liars, philanderers, drunks, druggies, unsuitable babysitters, plagiarists, psychopaths, parasites, cowards, indifferent dads or moms and bad credit risks.” KindFactsPainTurnsSpeakRiskMomDadProgramFellowsCreditProtectionRageWitnessCanadaLiarsCowardIndifferentCouncilTurn-onOutrageousSpeak The TruthPsychopathParasitesBabysitterPhilandererDruggies Author:Mordecai Richler
“If it weren't for Criminal Records, Wax-n-facts and other indie record stores I could have only sold my CD's at my shows and by mail order as an independent artist. The greatest stores that have character and include a much wider range of music of music are all independent, mom and pop stores.” IfsCharacterFactsShowsArtistOrderRecordsMomIndependentPopsStoresCriminalsRangeMailCdsRecord Stores Author:Shawn Mullins
“Although the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt, Germany, we have long since made it our own, a twin pillar of democracy along with Mom's apple pie. In fact, now that Mom's apple pie comes frozen and baked by somebody who isn't Mom, the hot dog stands alone. What it symbolizes remains pure, even if what it contains does not.” IfsLongDoeMadeFactsDemocracyDogFoodMomPureHotRemainsCookingMade ItGermanyApplesCulinaryTwinsPieFrozenPillarsStand AloneHot DogApple PieFrankfurt Author:William Zinsser
“But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.” PeopleWantKindBookFactsRolesMomLawyer Author:Lisa Scottoline
“If you cut yourself, if you hate yourself, if you eat, if you don’t eat. If your parents split up, if your parents hit you, if your mom tells you you’re a piece of trash. If you got in a car crash and half your face is gone - wake up in the morning and give yourself a shot. Do it. Not for music, not for any reason other than the fact that you are alive and you were given the grace to wake up another day. So do it, man. Just freaking get out there and try.” IfsMenGivingTryingReasonFactsFacesHateGivenParentHalfMorningGoneGracePiecesCuttingAliveCarMomShotsWake UpYour FaceSplitsCrashHate YouTrashYour MomAnother DayCar Crash Author:Aaron Gillespie
“I don't think women can have it all. I just don't think so...My husband and I have been married for 34 years, and we have two daughters. And every day you have to make a decision about whether you are going to be a wife or a mother. In fact, many times during the day you have to make those decisions...We co-opted our families to help us. We plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents. But if you ask our daughters, I'm not sure they will say that I've been a good mom.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensTwoFactsHelpingWisdomRealityMotherAsksParentCommunityLeadershipWorkDecisionFamilyOur LivesWifePlansGenerationsHuman NatureMomHusbandMarriedDaughterUnityIdeologyOur FamilyNot SureDecentMy HusbandOur DaughterTwo DaughtersGood Mom Author:Indra Nooyi
“I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me - via a question I can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an American. I find myself wondering "What if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.” IfsFirstsI CanBookWholeFactsAnswersWonderNovelWifeMomGoodnessPicksWhat IfTopicsIfs AndPick MeWondering What If Author:Jodi Picoult
“I don't know my biological father. That could have had a huge impact on my life had it not been for the fact that my dad married my mom when I was one and raised me as his own.” KnowsFactsFatherHugeMomDadMarriedImpactRaisedMy DadMy MomBiological Fathers Author:Rosario Dawson
“My dad worked very hard for the money he made, and my mom worked very hard to keep this household up and running and all the kids fed and everything. And she did it in a brilliant fashion. They both did. In fact, the work ethic, to me, is so important in this life.” MadeImportantHardFactsRunningKidsFashionMomDadEthicsMy DadMy MomBrilliantThis LifeFedsHouseholdWork Ethic Author:Kim Basinger
“I think boxers are the greatest athletes in all sports for the simple fact that they don't cry. That is mind-blowing. Have you ever been punched in the nose? Oh my gosh, it hurts so bad. They have to go back to corner, where some little man yells at them. 'Shut up, I just got punched in the face!'... If I was a boxer, do you know who I would hire as my corner man? My mom.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenMindLittlesFactsFacesSportsHurtSimpleCryMomAthleteCornersMy MomNosesDo You KnowShut UpIt HurtsBoxersMind BlowingLittle ManGreatest AthleteOh My Gosh Author:Daniel Tosh
“In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact, the stoner hadn't even finished moving out when she told me not to worry, because she already had someone better lined up for me. I was just lonely and desperate enough to endure a four-month celibate long distance relationship with a guy who read 15 chapters of the Bible and prayed for two hours every day and expected me to follow suit. He wanted to give our hypothetical children Bible names and for us to move to Korea to become missionaries.” GivingChildrenLongTwoEnoughFactsHelpingWantedMovingGuyJesusNamesHoursWorryFourMomMonthsLonelyDistanceEndureMy MomFinishedExpectedSuitsDesperateHelp MeFreakChaptersKoreaLong DistanceDistance RelationshipLong Distance RelationshipHypotheticalMoving OutStonersFailed MarriageJesus Freak Author:Kate Madison
“One thing my mom didn't want any of us to do was to cry or to complain about life. Every day and night, even when we didn't have much food, we would pray together. And that for me was a beautiful moment. The fact of being poor didn't really hurt me.” WantMomentsFactsTogetherBeautifulNightHurtPoorOne ThingCryMomPrayingMy MomComplainingDay And NightHurt MeBeautiful Moments Author:Riccardo Tisci
“One thing is funny because my grandparents are going to come see the show and my mom was concerned that they wouldn't understand, because so much of it is Internet-based. Our generation specifically really relates to it, because we were the first people to discover the Internet and most of us can maybe navigate the Internet better than our parents can. All this information you could ever possibly know is right at our fingertips, not to mention the fact you can meet anyone!” PeopleKnowsFirstsFactsShowsParentGenerationsOne ThingInformationMomInternetConcernedMy MomRelateGrandparentNavigateOur GenerationFingertips Author:Sarah Steele
“I know that it's very dispiriting for people in their twenties, who expected to graduate from college, get their own apartments, get a job, and move forward with their lives, and in fact are still now living with Mom and Dad, which is challenging for all involved.” PeopleKnowsStillsFactsJobsMovingChallengesCollegeMomDadInvolvedTwentiesExpectedMoving ForwardGraduatesApartmentMom And Dad Author:Anna Quindlen
“My mom's never liked the fact that there's an option for people to punch me in the face, but she likes that I'm doing what I love, and she enjoys a lot of the different perks that go along with it. She just thinks they should change the rules and make it so no one can hit me in the face.” PeopleThinkingShouldDifferentFactsFacesEnjoyMomMy MomLikesPerks Author:Urijah Faber
“In fact if I see you drinking I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks and call your mom.” IfsFactsMomDrinkingBricksYour Mom Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.” FactsBeautifulGrowing UpGrowingMomDadMy FriendsOkayBiggerMy DadMy Mom Author:Jordin Sparks