“The one advice that I would give just to moms who have a child or a newborn is definitely sleep while the baby sleeps. I've heard that so many times. I never realized how true it really is. If you don't, you'll be walking around like a zombie.” IfsGivingChildrenSleepHeardAdviceBabyMomWalkingZombieNewbornSleeping Baby Author:Tia Mowry
“I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my mom what I was like, she just sighs with this weary tone and says, "Oh, you were really busy."” SaidStoriesKidsAsksTroubleHeardMomDadMy DadBusyMy MomShirtsToneWearySighT Shirt Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“I heard the term "mamisma" when describing Speaker of the House [Nancy] Pelosi, how she was speaking from that place which is kind of like a strong mother. Like when your mom says like, "put that down!" you know that is coming from a place of both love and strength. And at this critical stage in human history we need both action and caring.” KnowsNeedsHumansKindActionMotherHouseStrongTermHeardStageMomCaringCriticalSpeakersHuman HistoryDescribingYour MomNancyStrength And Love Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“I was like, "Who the hell is Bob Dylan?" I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically the first song in the book was "Absolutely Sweet Marie." When I heard it, it was like "Oh, there is something going on here. It's not like my parents' boring music that I don't care about. This is totally electrifying."” FirstsBookCareSongParentHellHeardSweetMomDon't CareBoringMy MomI Don't CareBobDylanMarieAppease Author:Ezra Furman
“My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.” MatterHeardMomDadNo Matter WhatMy DadRadioMy MomDjs Author:Chad Channing
“When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, I think I heard you say lawyer.” ThinkingWantedActorsParentHeardMomMy MomLawyer Author:Maz Jobrani
“I believe I was raised with feminist values, but I don't think I ever heard my Mom call herself a feminist. Before I identified as a feminist myself, I thought of feminism as more of a historical term describing the women's movement in the '70s but didn't know much about what they had done and didn't think it applied to my life at all.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveDoneValuesI BelieveTermHeardFeminismMovementMomHistoricalRaisedFeministMy MomDescribing Author:Julie Zeilinger
“The earliest impetuses for writing, for me, were simply the strange things I happened to notice in my everyday life, stuff I read about in the grocery store tabloids my mom bought, situations that struck me as compelling, anecdotes I'd heard, images, words, metaphors.” WritingStuffSituationHappenedHeardStrangeMomEverydayMetaphorMy MomStoresCompellingEveryday LifeGroceriesStrange ThingsTabloidsGrocery StoresAnecdotesImpetus Author:Dan Chaon
“The Sherry Theater, which I named after my mom, is a place I can go. I do want to give back to the community. There are so many people out there who want to be seen and heard, and get connected.” PeopleWantGivingI CanCommunityHeardMomTheaterMy MomConnectedGiving BackSherry Author:Scott Haze
“I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.” SaidSchoolGirlHouseHeardMomSingingMy MomDoing You Author:Chris Brown
“My mom's always saying really smart things... like, you probably heard this one, 'Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?' Wish I'd listened to that one.” WishHeardLike YouMomSmartMy MomMilkCowsReally Smart Author:Amy Schumer
“I first heard music while in the womb. My mom tells me she played Tubular Bells with the headphones against her stomach all the time. A bit disturbing as I believe that is the theme to The Exorcist. Maybe she thought she was having Satan's baby.” FirstsBelieveI BelieveBitsHeardBabyMomMy MomSatanThemeStomachBellsWombDisturbingHeadphonesExorcist Author:Venetian Snares
“I've never once heard my mom complain about her stroke.” HeardMomMy MomComplainingStrokes Author:Lindsey Vonn
“In keeping with the theme of "I got my hands on," my brother and I would listen to The Diceman Cometh. That was the dirtiest thing we'd ever heard, and we could listen to that at full volume without fear of penalty, because my mom couldn't hear that either. I wasn't a huge comedy fan growing up, but I definitely listened to Andrew Dice Clay a lot.” HandsGrowing UpComedyGrowingHeardFansBrotherHugeMomMy MomMy BrotherThemeVolumePenaltiesClayAndrewDice Author:Moshe Kasher
“You need a relationship with Jesus, and I had never heard that before. So when my mom told me about that, I said, "Okay, let me try this." And so I did.” NeedsTryingSaidJesusHeardMomOkayLet MeMy Mom Author:Frances Newton
“I never heard my mom say, "Not now, I'm busy." But I did have extraordinary experiences that I'm very aware were extraordinary. I mean, I traveled Europe before I was 12 years old, had been to the White House numerous times. Andy Warhol photographed me; Michael Jackson called our house.” YearsMeanHouseWhiteHeardMomEuropeExtraordinaryBusyMy MomWhite HouseTraveledWarhol Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.” ProcessCreativeGrowing UpGrowingHeardMomClothesPicksPatternsMy MomStoresCreative ProcessFabric Author:Gwen Stefani
“When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck. I hated it is a teenager. It was not the most glamorous-sounding name in the world.” WorldFirstsNamesHeardMomCallingMetsMy FamilyMy MomStuckTeenagerHatedGlamorousAndrew Author:George Michael
“I took "Forever" [by Judy Blume] to the bathroom to read [when I was eight] and then I heard my mom coming so I stuck it under the toilet and went running out. And I went back later to check for it. And it was gone.” RunningGoneForeverHeardMomMy MomEightStuckChecksBathroomToilets Author:Lena Dunham
“The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So I got very inspired, I started going to clubs through a friend's mom in the city, again, another person who just completely opened all these doors for me and it was amazing how kind she was.” KindPersonsPlayLightCitiesDoorsHeardMomInstrumentsInspiredClubsWoodsVery Inspired Author:Jon Gordon