“I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of myself as possible in Reality Bites, but in terms of my humor, I'm still trying to figure out what my sensibility is. It's a process, really. I don't feel like I have a very clear idea of what I'm supposed to be, or even of how people perceive me, except that I got put into this Generation X file.” PeopleFeelsTryingStillsIdeasRealityProcessTermClearGenerationsFiguresMomHighestExpectationsAreasCatholicGuiltMy MomSupposed To BePerceiveCoveredBitesSensibilityLowestFilesThis GenerationX FilesGeneration XReality Bites Author:Ben Stiller
“My mom was a pretty hard worker. She worked her ass off, but I'd say we were middle class. I had a car in high school, so I loved the idea that I could mimic this lifestyle.” IdeasHardSchoolClassMiddleCarHard WorkMomHigh SchoolWorkersMy MomLifestyleAssMiddle ClassHard Worker Author:Reggie Watts
“Jeb Bush's brother Neil said that their mother has 'come around' to the idea of Jeb running for president in 2016. Because if there's anything that says you're qualified to be president, it's your own mom saying, 'I guess you could do it.'” IfsSaidIdeasRunningMotherPresidentBrotherMomQualified Author:Jimmy Fallon
“My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesImportantIdeasDreamKidsAbleWantedParentBoysSupportCrazyMomMy MomAccessImmigrantsRacingBikeSupportiveSurfingCrazy ThingsBoy ScoutBmx Author:Terry Gross
“I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you know what shape it will become. But then it's the daughter who draws the lines, and she might connect the dots you didn't intend, making a whole different picture. So I've gotta trust the dots she's given me, and she's gotta trust me to draw the picture myself.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasDifferentWholeMightGivenLinesMomShapesDrawsDaughterTrust MeDotsYou Think You Know Author:Laura Lee
“I don't like sex ... I'm a single working mom with nine cats, a dog-shark, a lizard, and a bunny. I don't go to bed, I pass out. The idea that I'd get to my bed and there'd be someone in there with whom I was supposed to have an activity is horrifying to me.” IdeasSexDogMomActivityBedCatNineSharksBunniesLizardsWorking Mom Author:Paula Poundstone
“My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.” WayWantIdeasHardSchoolHoursCollegeHard WorkMomSixMy MomComplainingTennisScholarship Author:Dakota Fanning
“Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job. And if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing. And it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.” IfsChildrenIdeasStoriesGovernmentWould BeCareKidsJobsPoorSeeingMomHealth CareUnfortunateAssistanceStarvingGlorifySingle MomUneducatedWedlockGovernment Assistance Author:Anna Holmes
“After you have loss in your life and after you experience something like losing your parents, the greatest gift of that was it prepared me for [anything]. Nothing else is as scary, and certainly stand-up comedy is not as scary as sitting there with your mom and having to have last conversations and things like that. It's heavy stuff, but it's enlightening because it makes me think I shouldn't be afraid of sharing ideas and thoughts with people. It's the yin and the yang of life.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLastsStuffParentLossComedyMomConversationLosingSittingPreparedScaryHeavyEnlighteningGreatest GiftsYour MomStand Up ComedyYangSharing Ideas Author:Dane Cook
“I'm being accused of being a murderer! I'M being ACCUSED of being a molester!... They say my idea of a fun day is a dark lonely field and the urunj of a car, and a large stick and a roll of duct tape! My MOM shops at Wal-Mart! She gets calls all the time now; she's worried about me! I'm not the most emotionally stable guy in the world; I'll admit that... I do have some problems, but my God, I'm not a murderer!” WorldIdeasProblemGuyFunDarkCarFieldsMomLonelySticksMy MomWorriedShopsStableTapeMurdererAccusedDuct TapeBeing AccusedFun Day Author:Al Snow
“In the party of Lincoln and Reagan and much of the donor class, the defense of human life is what they think loses elections. They think we need to spend time on really popular ideas, like cutting your mom's Social Security check.” ThinkingNeedsHumansIdeasLife IsSocialLosesPartyClassCuttingSecurityMomElectionDefenseChecksHuman LifeEnd TimesSocial SecuritySpend TimeYour MomDonorsReally Popular Author:Gary Bauer
“The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.” WayGivingIdeasWisdomMotherBreakMomGiving UpEmbraceFearlessUncertaintyCyclesImperfectionPerfectionismPerfection And Imperfection Author:Arianna Huffington
“I have no idea why my mom picked Bob, and I've never asked her. My name used to get slaughtered all the time by other people. I was 'Desmond' or 'Damon' or `Demon.' So Bob's cool.” PeopleIdeasUsedNamesMomMy MomNo IdeaDemonBobDamon Author:Bob Sanders
“Everything is starting to make a little more sense to me now. I love the idea that, first of all when I made the record I don't look at the music by classifying it. People have a problem classifying me as pop, or rock, or folk, or alt. The beauty for me is that a thirteen year old girl can fall in love with the record and so can her mom. I tend to gravitate towards artists that are timeless and don't sound dated.” PeopleYearsFirstsLooksLittlesMadeIdeasProblemArtistFallGirlSoundRecordsRocksMomFalling In LoveStartingFolksPopsTimelessThirteenThirteen Year OldsClassifying Author:Courtney Jaye
“When you find yourself a mom, you will be by no means seriously by itself with your ideas. A mother usually should think twice, once for herself and once for her boy or girl.” ThinkingShouldMeanIdeasMotherGirlBoysMomFinding YourselfThink Twice Author:Sophia Loren
“My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around.” IdeasSocialParentCan DoMomAuthorityWorkersMy MomGood IdeasSocial Worker Author:Leigh Newman
“I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.” ChildrenIdeasHardRememberActingMomMy MomNo IdeaGlamorousActing In Movies Author:Douglas Booth
“My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.” IdeasParentPerfectMistakeMomMy MomMaking MistakesNot Perfect Author:George Clarke
“My mom gets these new iPhones and stuff and she's like "Leo, can you figure it out?" because she had no idea. So yeah, I'm pretty good with gadgets.” IdeasStuffFiguresMomYeahMy MomNo IdeaIphoneGadgets Author:Leo Howard
“I really had no idea when I pitched the series that it would lead to so much fun and so much connecting with kids and moms.” IdeasKidsFunMomSeriesNo IdeaConnecting Author:Jeff Probst
“I think a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears, of the idea of losing my mom or my best friend or doing something so terrible to somebody that's kind of deemed unforgivable, or having a really broken family.” ThinkingWritingKindIdeasWorstBrokenMomTerribleLosingMy MomMy Best FriendUnforgivableWorst FearBroken Family Author:Phoebe Waller-Bridge
“I remember being young and people passing me things under the bathroom to sign, like under the stall. Like adults. We were shooting at Disney World, and my mom went with me to the bathroom, and an adult woman came in and under the stall was like, "Can you sign this?" And I remember my mom being like, "Have you lost your mind? What is wrong with you? You don't do that! She is a child and you don't do that to anyone!" Who thinks that is a good idea? Someone.” PeopleThinkingWorldMindChildrenIdeasRememberYoungLostMomAdultsMy MomPassingPassingsShootingGood IdeasBathroomLost Your Mind Author:Jodi Sweetin
“My children are 12, 12, 8, and 7, which is bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, bad idea, for mom going inside.” ChildrenIdeasMomMy ChildrenBad Ideas Author:Kellyanne Conway
“My mom is a little bit eccentric. I mean, she does - she has a lot of unique ideas. For example, she thought that I should have a child with her last husband, Richard, because it would have nice eyes.” ShouldMeanChildrenLittlesDoeIdeasEyeLastsBitsNiceExampleMomHusbandLittle BitUniqueShould HaveMy MomEccentricNice Eyes Author:Carrie Fisher
“I remember going to Shibe Park, Connie Mack, when I was a kid with my dad and my mom. I felt more neighborhood-esque. And I like the idea, and I love the new downtown ballparks. I love when the venue is situated in a vibrant part of the urban setting.” IdeasKidsRememberFeltMomDadMy DadMy MomSettingSettingsParksNeighborhoodUrbanDowntownVenuesBallparksMack Author:Joe Maddon
“The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because I am a person who went to 15 different elementary and middle schools. I moved all the time, often having to run out in the middle of the night because my mom couldn't pay the bills. There were schools where I'd be the poor loser kid. There were schools where I'd suddenly be the smart kid or the cool kid, although that was very seldom.” ThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentRunningKidsSchoolNightSocialPoorPayMiddleIdentityMomSmartPerformancesBillsMovedMy MomPerformingObsessedLoserMiddle Of The NightMiddle SchoolCool KidSmart Kid Author:Robert Greene
“My mom always used to tell me, "Do what you love and be kind." And I discovered video at a very early age, and so my love was ideas and video. I thought what I wanted my career to be was, I wanted to create contexts in which I could philosophize out loud.” KindIdeasAgeWantedUsedCareersMomMy MomVideoLoudBe KindWhat You Love Author:Jason Silva
“My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.” WorldIdeasWholeFilmStuffGrewMomDadComfortableGrew UpHollywoodMy DadMy MomUpbringingTranslators Author:Tatiana Maslany