“I've had and probably still have a lot of bad haircuts. My mom just sent me some pictures - I don't know why she did this - but she sent me some pictures of me when I was probably like 12. I grew up in the D.C. area and I used to wear a Redskins jersey just walking around. I just had kind of a bowl haircut for a long time and no sense of style or personal hygiene.” KnowsKindLongStillsUsedStyleGrewMomWalkingGrew UpLong TimeAreasMy MomBowlsJerseyHaircutsHygieneRedskinsPersonal HygieneBad Haircuts Author:Rob Huebel
“I call my mom and talk to her about random stuff I saw on the Internet. That's kind of the only constant in my day-to-day.” KindStuffSawsMomInternetConstantMy MomDay To DayRandom Stuff Author:Vanya Asher
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.” WayWellsKindChildrenWantedMotherGuyFatherFunMomDadStandardsBlameUnhappyMemoirGrandmotherTypicalBroodingEleanorFun Loving Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“As a kid growing up, this was sometimes a little bit intimidating to have a mom who was always, like, speaking up and always saying something that might be kind of controversial . . . . The thing I think that we got out of that that was really good was, like, we weren't afraid to make waves.” ThinkingKindLittlesSometimesMightKidsBitsGrowing UpGrowingMomLittle BitWaveBe KindControversialIntimidatingKids Growing UpSpeaking Up Author:Susan Wojcicki
“My mom spent every dollar she ever had on getting me modeling/acting classes when I was a kid. I'm really grateful for that foresight. She's brilliant, kind, and so loving as a mother. I was told a million times in a day that she loved me.” KindKidsMotherActingClassMillionsMomGratefulDollarsMy MomBrilliantModelingForesightActing Classes Author:Ian Somerhalder
“We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric of urban life - neighborhoods bulldozed and highways pushed through, and all that kind of stuff that really destroyed the kind of social underpinning and the kind of mom and pop stores and all the stuff that makes a community viable.” KindSocialStuffCommunityGoneMomPopsStoresDestroyedDamageNeighborhoodCyclesFabricUrbanHighwaysRenewalUrban LifeUrban Renewal Author:David Byrne
“You know, you always want to just do your own thing - I mean some people want to be exactly like their parents - Ibut I wanted to do my own thing and I ended up doing a kind of mix of my mom and dad.” PeopleKnowsWantKindMeanWantedParentMy OwnMomDadMy MomMom And Dad Author:Jillian Hervey
“My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.'” PeopleFirstsKindMeanLongSaidFeelingsSupportEmotionalLike YouMomIndustryLong TimeMy MomAcceptedCooksKitchenOne TimeBeing ThankfulMusic IndustryAdjustingSupport SystemsEmotional SupportCooks In The Kitchen Author:Jillian Hervey
“My mom is one, but there have been performers in my family since as long as we can trace them back, so I think it was kind of inevitable to be artistic and to have a force. We're leaders; we're a family of leaders, so I think it's just part of my genes.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensForceLeaderMomMy FamilyMy MomArtisticInevitablePerformersGenes Author:Jillian Hervey
“My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in the 200 meter race in the 2008 Olympic games] I was just completely devastated. I mean, I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And she was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me. She's just an amazing supporter and an encouraging person and she has a unique ability to do that. And so those are the kind of things she said to me in that moment and over the next four years. When things get tough, she's always been my strength.” YearsKindPersonsSaidMomentsNextAbilityFourMomUniqueToughMy MomThat MomentFour YearsSupporterWhen Things Get Tough Author:Allyson Felix
“I watched the video [ with my first commercial] when I was 20, and in the video, there are two families. The first family is this smiling blond Partridge family, a Californian/Aryan kind of thing, all playing guitars, all singing together and harmonizing. And then, there's my family - and in my family, it starts with my mom saying that she feels like a drill sergeant sometimes, and she's yelling at one of my brothers to stop hitting another one of my brothers. It's just like, "Great, we're that family." It felt a little Simpsons versus Flanders.” FeelsFirstsKindLittlesTwoSometimesTogetherFeltBrotherMomSingingMy FamilyGuitarMy MomVideoMy BrotherHittingVersusYellingDrillsPlaying GuitarSergeantsCaliforniansFlandersSinging TogetherDrill Sergeant Author:Mara Wilson
“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
“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.” IfsKindPersonsSaidSocialTermViewsMomDadRepublicanUnderstoodRoseWorkersUniversityMy DadMy MomBarackPostsVotingMainstreamModeratesCabinetsMichiganSocial WorkerBusiness PersonDwightDwight EisenhowerUniversity Of MichiganVoting Republican Author:Bill Ayers
“My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.” KindMomMedicineMy MomActressesNurse Author:Rachel McAdams
“I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.” PeopleThinkingKindLittlesRealBitsPracticeGrewMomLittle BitGrew UpMy MomMedicalAdmirationEmpaths Author:Rachel McAdams
“In our male-oriented God phase, it's always about conquering and control of life and death. This power leads to a kind of thinking that is no thinking; it is only sterile and what can overcome. To reach that depth in terms of female divinity is to accept nurture as godly. It's not just something that your mom does for you when something's broken and you need a bandage; it's about something deeper and it is in contradistinction from the endless displays of power.” ThinkingNeedsKindDoeTermAcceptingBrokenMomFemaleOvercomingDepthMalesDeeperEndlessConquerDivinityLife And DeathDisplayPhasesNurtureGodlyYour MomBandages Author:Andre Alexis
“When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against it. There were screaming matches. Some people are shut down by that and get defeated by it, and other people are empowered by the negativity. My father kind of encouraged me through that.” PeopleWantKindJobsFatherMomBrutalNegativityDefeatedEmpowered Author:David Copperfield
“My mom and I have always been very close since she did raise me as like a single mom. My friends and everyone I know are like, 'Wow, you guys really have a really good relationship.' She's with me a lot of the time, so people find that kind of shocking.” PeopleKnowsKindGuyMomMy FriendsRaisesMy MomWowShockingSingle MomGood Relationship Author:Tiffany Trump
“I've always had amazing women in my life help me with my kids. First it was my mom, and then a series of nannies and day care providers who were incredibly patient, kind, and loving. There is no blueprint - I think we all feel our way through it and just do the best we can, and it turns out that children are open to love from many different places and are pretty resilient, too.” ThinkingWayFeelsFirstsKindChildrenDifferentHelpingCareKidsTurnsMomSeriesPatientMy MomHelp MeDo The BestDifferent PlaceResilientBlueprintsProvidersNanniesAmazing WomanDay Care Author:Jane Park
“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
“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
“Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.” WayKindChildrenImportantWould BeRememberParentMomMy MomMy ChildrenRememberedAlteredBeing A ParentBe Remembered By Author:Maya Soetoro-Ng
“"Baby, you know?" my mother once said to me. "I think you're the greatest woman I've ever met - and I'm not including my mother or Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in that." She said, "You are very intelligent and you're very kind, and those two qualities do not often go together." Then she went across the street and got in her car, and I went the other way down to the streetcar. I thought, "Suppose she's right. She's intelligent - and she's too mean to lie." You see, a parent has the chance - and maybe the responsibility - to liberate her child. And my mom had liberated me when I was 17.” ThinkingKnowsWayKindMeanChildrenSaidTwoTogetherLyingMotherParentChanceQualityResponsibilityStreetsCarBabyMomMetsIntelligentIncludingMy MomLiberatedEleanor Author:Maya Angelou
“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
“The friendship that you create between you and a mom - or you and an older woman figure - is so important and so influential. I think that my relationship with my sister, my relationship with my best friends - when I'm feeling really terrible about myself, they're always there to let me know that I am being dramatic about something, or I'm being stupid about something - it's good to have those kinds of people to drag you back down and protect you.” PeopleThinkingKindImportantFeelingsStupidMomTerribleProtectLet MeDramaticMy SisterMy Best FriendInfluentialOlder WomenBeing Stupid Author:Rowan Blanchard
“I didn't feel like I belonged with my mom. And I didn't feel like I belonged with my dad. Since they were separated, I kind of felt like I didn't belong anywhere. So my grandparents gave me that stability, gave me the feeling like I had something and I came from some place.” KindFeelingsMomDadMy DadMy MomStabilityGrandparent Author:Willie Herron
“I feel like my life right now is so crazy; there's no time to dwell on difficult things. You just have to figure out how to fix it or get past it because there is no time to do anything else. Being a mom to a toddler, my career, and my husband's career - all of our worlds just kind of colliding at once, you just make it work.” WorldKindPastDifficultCrazyMomBeing A MomToddler Author:Carrie Underwood
“I was a pretty hyperactive kid, kind of ADD. I couldn't really stay sitting in my chair, so my kindergarten teacher would have me standing at the back of the room, because I couldn't sit for more than five minutes. My mom needed some positive way to focus my energy and I said I wanted to be an actor, so she was like, "Well, we'll roll with it and see how you respond to it," and I loved it. It was something I could instantly focus my attention to.” KindKidsEnergyAttentionFocusTeacherMomMy MomKindergarten Author:Cameron Monaghan
“My parents lived by Rancho Park. And my mom, later in life, got into playing golf. She and her male cronies would get up at five in the morning and sneak onto the back nine. I kind of just started getting into it. For a long time I was really puzzled by why people liked it.” PeopleKindLongParentMorningMomGolfMy MomSneak Author:Kim Gordon
“When you go into mama-bear mode and have no choice but to just go with the flow, that's kind of when I realized...it put life into perspective. Just seeing my little girls and knowing I was going to experience life all over again - I'd be able to take them to the same things that my mom did - it was beautiful. When you become a mom, you gain this vulnerability that is so beautiful. Just the fact that I'm vulnerable but I'm never ashamed is so cool.” KindBeautifulChoicesGirlPerspectiveMomMy MomI RealizedVulnerableVulnerabilityAshamed Author:Ayesha Curry
“Nastassja Kinski is a sweetie. She's very quiet. But smart. I hung out with her mother more than Nastassja. I think Nastassja was more worried about Paul Schrader and doing the part in The Cat People, so her mom and I kind of became friends.” PeopleThinkingKindMotherMomQuietSmartCatWorriedHung Author:John Heard
“My mom never really pushed me into doing something. It was kind of whatever I wanted to do, and that was what made me continue and have the longevity that I had in my career. I went through ups and downs in the pool when I loved it and when I hated it.” KindMomMy MomHatedPoolLongevityUps & Downs Author:Michael Phelps
“What I love the most that I really want to talk about is that there are women in business. They are incredibly focused on creating their own businesses and going out there. That's going to be their life, whether they have kids or not. And then there are women who have children that kind of nobly say, "You know what? I'm going to be a mom, and that's going to be my work and my love of my life." Which to me, is just as ambitious of a job and a journey.” KindChildrenKidsJourneyMomFocusedAmbitiousOwn BusinessLove Of My LifeBusiness Woman Author:Kate Hudson
“One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age. It's funny, I get an image of the thing with eggs and chickens where, when the egg is getting ready to hatch, the little chicken will start to peck at the shell a little bit, and the mom will hear that and start to peck at the shell from the outside, and they're both kind of working together.” KindAgeTogetherFatherMomToughWorking Together Author:Jeff Bridges
“My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel all the time for projects, and he used to collect jazz records. He used to collect hundreds and hundreds of jazz records because he had this passion for it. That's kind of how they had certain hobbies together with my mom.” KindTogetherPassionMomDadTradeJazzMy DadMy Mom Author:Eldar Djangirov
“My mom was a musician, and my dad had this passion for music. That's kind of how a lot of their relationship was built. When I came around, I was constantly exposed to music.” KindPassionMomDadMusicianMy DadMy Mom Author:Eldar Djangirov
“When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.” KindMomDadLeavingMy DadMy MomLeaving MeDivorced Author:Nicole Richie