“Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGrowingAwarenessMomRatePregnancyTeen Pregnancy Author:Madisen Beaty
“Being a mom has been the greatest job of my life. I am so proud of the people my children are. I can't really say why they've turned out so well. I think there's an enormous amount of honesty and communication in our home. I always tell my kids they can tell me anything and I will never judge them. Consequently, they do!” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenHas BeensI CanHomeKidsJobsHonestyJudgingCommunicationMomAmountProudEnormousMy ChildrenBeing A Mom Author:Lois Robbins
“She [my mother] said, "You are fiercely protective of your inventions because you are your fans." She helped me understand my own feelings. When someone has pulled the wool over my eyes, I feel that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of millions of fans around the world. She helped me to forgive. You can't force people to have the same world consciousness and awareness as you do.” PeopleWorldFeelsSaidFeelingsEyeForceMy OwnConsciousnessMillionsFansAwarenessMomForgivingMy MomInventionAround The WorldProtectiveWool Author:Lady Gaga
“My mom always said that she didn't wear a red nose and big shoes because that's the reason people are scared of clowns. My dad is a sociology teacher, so he probably figured that out with her. Those are the things that are exaggerated, that don't give off the signals of humans. You know, if you draw a picture of a circle and ask somebody to feel empathy with the circle, they won't. But if you draw literally two, three dots inside the circle, like two eyes and a nose, you immediately feel empathy.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingFeelsHumansSaidTwoReasonBigsEyeThreeAsksTeacherMomDadEmpathyDrawsRedMy DadShoesScaredMy MomCirclesNosesSignalsSociologyClownDotsExaggeratedBig Shoes Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“The generation now below me were born into a world where if you're a kid with raw talent now, you can roll in and land a lead in a Scorsese film. You don't have to have prove yourself by working up the ranks, doing the classics, and getting the canon under your belt in the way the great Sirs and Dames of mom and dad's generation - the [Ben] Kingsleys and [Helen] Mirrens and [Anthony] Hopkinses and people of that ilk.” PeopleIfsWorldWayKidsFilmBornGenerationsLandTalentMomDadProveBeltsMom And DadLead InCanonHelenDamesScorseseProving YourselfRaw Talent Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“When I was little, I wanted to be a mother, because that's who I saw. I saw my mom caring for me. I didn't play doctor. I didn't play lawyer. I didn't have those visions until I was in college, meeting people who were doing those things. That's why we're trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children's lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.” PeopleTryingChildrenLittlesPlayWantedMotherFatherCommunityDifferencesVisionSawsTeacherCollegeMomDoctorsMeetingsMy MomCaringLawyerMaking A DifferenceBeing A Father Author:Michelle Obama
“My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through my mom and dad I learned about love, family and respecting people. They never went to high school but they had within them every element that makes a great American. They had pride and a great work ethic and they knew how to do things the right way.” PeopleWaySchoolParentChildhoodPrideMomDadElementsEthicsHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomCoatsRight WayWork EthicGreat WorkFamily LoveGreat AmericanMom And DadUneducatedDoctoratesLove My DadGreat Work Ethic Author:Dick Vitale
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."” PeopleHelpingWantedSpiritGrowing UpGrowingPlayerSpecialCollegeMomLettersMy MomCoachesRejectionSomedayRealisticWithin YouSomething SpecialRejection Letters Author:Dick Vitale
“People always ask my mom what I did as a kid. My mom says, "He wasn't a bad kid. He was never an unruly kid, always listened and obeyed."” PeopleKidsAsksMomMy MomUnruly Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“People hate to describe their music. What we have come to call it is "beat up your mom" music. As far as describing what it sounds like, I guess you'd have to listen.” PeopleHateSoundMomBeatsDescribingYour Mom Author:Marilyn Manson
“And some people say Jesus wasn't Jewish. Of COURSE he was Jewish! 30 years old, single, lives with his parents, come on! He works in his father's business, his mom thought he was God's gift, he's Jewish! Give it up!” PeopleGivingYearsHumorFunnyCoursesFatherJesusParentMomSingle Life Author:Robin Williams
“My mom, for most of her life, was a Holocaust denier. And it was terrible for the entire family to have to deal with until, finally, a couple years ago, we had an intervention. And we had a rabbi come into the home, had him walk her through the history of the Jewish people, and then he made her watch "Schindler's List." And after that, my mom did a complete 180. Now she can't believe it only happened once.” PeopleYearsBelieveMadeHomeHumorFunnyWalksDealsWatchesHappenedMomCoupleTerribleYears AgoMy MomListsHolocaustInterventionRabbiHolocaust DeniersSchindlerSchindler's List Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“At the premiere of Hairspray on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's mom said to my mom, "Didn't we raise great sons?" and my mother just started sobbing, because I'm sure they'd both been through other nights when people didn't say that.” PeopleSaidMotherNightSonMomRaisesMy MomBroadwayHarveySobbingPremieresHairspray Author:John Waters
“People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.” PeopleNeedsMotherFatherSuccessfulMomArgumentMy MomBeing SuccessfulOffenseMothers DayBeing A Father Author:Dwight Howard
“When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.” PeopleChildrenCareThreeDealsMomBotherWho CaresTrust Me Author:Faith Hill
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“You can't have Rosie on The View and Elton John packing Mom and Pop in at Caesars Palace and gay people all over television, and then have these politicians run out there with a straight face and say that gay and lesbian relationships are a threat to the family. We are winning in the culture - which is why we'll ultimately win the political war.” PeopleWarRunningFacesPoliticalCultureWinningViewsTelevisionMomPoliticianGayThreatPopsPalacesGay PeoplePackingRosieStraight Face Author:Dan Savage
“My mother did an incredible job - one, of just being a great mom, but two, of instilling a tremendous amount of empathy into me as a young man, as a young person. My mom was kind of this collector of people; throughout my childhood, it didn't matter who you were. She was a high school counselor and then a junior high counselor, and she didn't just counsel students, she counseled other teachers and administrators and coaches.” PeopleMenKindPersonsTwoMatterSchoolJobsYoungMotherTeacherChildhoodStudentsMomAmountEmpathyHigh SchoolIncrediblesMy MomCoachesYoung ManJust BeingJuniorsCollectorsCounselorJunior HighAdministratorsGreat Mom Author:Morgan Spurlock
“I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a child and everything is new, which seems more honest.” PeopleIfsThinkingChildrenHas BeensDifferentStatesSeemsHonestMomDadMy DadMy MomDementia Author:Blake Butler
“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
“Luckily, I was raised by a kind of gypsy family, which is why I always get along better with people who worked in circuses than with kids of other actors. My mom was so carefree with us in a beautiful way. We were used to sleeping anywhere.” PeopleWayKindKidsBeautifulUsedActorsSleepMomRaisedMy MomCircusGypsyCarefree Author:Lou Doillon
“My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people.'” PeopleWantNeedsMadeYoungLike YouMomMy MomConcertsPerformersSpears Author:Avril Lavigne
“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.” PeopleMindDifferentTogetherCitiesClassNew YorkIdentityMomIdealsIncludingPopsLocalsParisNeighborhood1930s Author:Luc Sante
“Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.” PeopleFirstsWellsFeelingsSongRecordsMomJazzMy MomSingersBallads Author:Gloria Estefan
“You can talk about things indirectly, but if you want to talk how people really talk, you have to talk R-rated. I mean I've got three incredibly intelligent daughters, but when you get mad, you get mad and you talk like people talk. When a normal 17-year-old girl storms out of the house or 15-year-old boy is mad at his mom or dad, they're not talking the way people talk on TV. Unless it's cable.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsMeanGirlThreeHouseTalkingBoysTvsMomDadNormalDaughterIntelligentMadStormCablesNot Talking Author:Bob Saget
“As I got older, the role that I ended up (playing) on One Life to Live was a mother because, by then, I had a stable marriage - so I thought - and a beautiful son and mother roles became what I was doing well. I was still the Latina mom who very much related to people who love family. All those traditional values (were) coming back into my life.” PeopleWellsStillsBeautifulMotherValuesRolesSonMomTraditionalRelatedStableComing BackFamily LoveLatinaMother And SonTraditional ValuesOne Life To Live Author:Patricia Mauceri
“I got the bad press and the blogging and the email threats because people really didn't understand. They thought I was anti-gay. That's not true at all. My spiritual mom has a gay son. Even he was telling his friends "No, that's not true. She's so accepting of me." That doesn't mean I accept his lifestyle. It means I accept him as a human person and as a creation of God and a person of value.” PeopleHumansMeanPersonsSpiritualValuesAcceptingCreationSonMomGayPressesThreatLifestyleEmailBloggingAnti GayBad PressGay Son Author:Patricia Mauceri
“My main focus off the court is to be humble. My mom always told me to be a presentable young man. I'm not going to pretend to be something that I'm not and act a certain way for people. I plan on being myself. I like having a good time, but I still carry myself in an orderly fashion.” PeopleMenWayStillsYoungCertainFocusPlansFashionMomCourtHumbleMy MomYoung ManGood TimesHaving A Good TimeBe HumbleOrderlyBeing MyselfMy Mom Always Told Me Author:Eli Manning
“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
“I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So what happens if you're playing a period film or something? You're in the Second World War. And what happens when your mom calls you on your phone? Do you go, 'Oh! What is this strange talking brick device?'" No. It's stupid. But you do everything you can to get in that mindset.” PeopleIfsWorldWarHappensFilmHateActorsActingTalkingStupidStrangeMomPeriodsI HateMethodYeahPhonesMindsetSillyWar Of The WorldsDevicesBricksSecond World WarYour MomMethod Acting Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I think in this world and this industry, if you let it, it does. And I feel that the people who don't have good friends and family around them are the ones who get a little funny. But I'm very lucky. I have good friends and good family and if I ever stepped out of line, my mom would take me down!” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsLittlesDoeLinesThis WorldMomIndustryLuckyMy MomTake MeGood FriendFamily And FriendsGood Family Author:Jeremy Irvine
“I think if you listen to our records, they come at different points in your life. When people say to me that Stars records have themes, I think what they mean is we write songs - or try to write songs - that are timeless. We try to write songs that catch you at the right time in your life, and that you can hold on to. We write kitchen sink songs. If you're doing the dishes or you're driving to your mom's funeral, or if you're getting over having done MDMA and you feel sad, you can listen to Stars because we're not going to demand of you that you be cool.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingTryingMeanDifferentDoneSongStarsRecordsMomDemandDrivingKitchenThemeFuneralDishesTimelessRight TimeYour MomBeing CoolKitchen Sinks Author:Torquil Campbell
“Love yourself. Nobody's perfect. I mean, come on, nobody is perfect. Not you, not your mom, even the people on TV - nobody is perfect, and there's always something that nobody likes, but you know, you just accept that. Your imperfections make you beautiful. It's those things you find you don't like that someone else finds very special and very unique about you.” PeopleKnowsMeanBeautifulPerfectAcceptingSpecialLove YouTvsMomUniqueLikesImperfectionLove YourselfYour MomNobody's Perfect Author:Keke Palmer
“There was a point in my teenage years, when we were starting to play bigger shows and females were running after tour buses and all that, and my mom - and I remember this like it was yesterday - said: 'Look, I want you to know that I couldn't be prouder of you. You are extraordinary. You move people. But it doesn't make you better than them. You still put your pants on the same way as them, one leg at a time every morning.' I thought about learning to jump right into them, just to mess with her. But what she said stuck with me, and I think it's true.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantYearsLooksSaidStillsPlayShowsRunningRememberMovingMorningMomFemaleBiggerExtraordinaryStartingLegsMy MomYesterdayStuckMessBusPantsEvery MorningI Want YouTeenageTeenage Years Author:Justin Timberlake
“When I was going into acting, my mom said, "You can't let that faze you. And if it does faze you, if you start getting upset if people say no, that's it - pull the plug."” PeopleIfsDoeSaidActingMomMy MomUpsetPlugs Author:Nicola Peltz
“They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in. All I had to do was write a character that was like my mom, and it made my life easier.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingMadeCharacterBitsPiecesMomEasierMy MomNow And ThenCharmingLovableBits And Pieces Author:Dan Fogelman
“Maybe people don't think moms are cool. I don't know what to say about it. I don't know. Romantic comedies aren't for everybody, so maybe mom movies aren't for everybody.” PeopleThinkingKnowsComedyMom Author:Anne Fletcher
“The weird thing about having your birthday on a school day is that by the time you get to be ten, or eleven for sure, no one at school knows it's your birthday anymore. It's not like when you're little and your mom brings cupcakes for the whole class. But even though no one knows, you walk around like it's supposed to be a national holiday. You walk around thinking that people are supposed to be nice to you, like maybe on your birthday you're ten times more breakable than on any other day. Well, it doesn't work that way. It just doesn't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWellsLittlesWholeSchoolWalksClassNiceMomTenSupposed To BeHolidayBeing NiceElevenYour MomWeird ThingsCupcakesSchool Days Book:Jack Source: Jack
“My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.” PeopleInterestingMomDadMeetingsMy DadMy MomSociable Author:Bill Gates
“My mom was a housewife, and wasn't somebody that people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. Magazine came out we were incredibly inspired by it. I used to cut pictures out of it and make posters that said, "Girls can do anything", and stuff like that, and my mom was inspired to work at a basement of a church doing anti-domestic violence work. Then she took me to the Soidarity Day thing, and it was the first time I had ever been in a big crowd of women yelling, and it really made me want to do it forever.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsMadeSaidBigsUsedGirlStuffCan DoChurchForeverCuttingViolenceMomFirst TimeInspiredFeministCrowdsMy MomMagazinesDomestic ViolencePostersYellingHousewifeBasementsInspired To Work Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.” PeopleUsedGamesComedyStudentsMomPagesRedBillsCreditJackieCarols Author:Bernie Mac
“Time machine... wouldn't you like to travel through time? I would. I'd go back... mess with people. You know what I would do? I would go back to when my mom and dad were having sex, to have me. Ya'know, come in, spank my dad on the ass I'm your son from the future! Ahaha!” PeopleKnowsSexSonMomDadMachinesMy DadMy MomAssMessRough TimesMom And DadHaving SexYour SonTime Machine Author:Dane Cook
“When I'm unhappy with something, people know, because I don't want to hold on to it. I'd rather deal immediately with the stuff that bothers me, so using my network - my girlfriends, my husband, my mom - I talk a lot, I vent.” PeopleKnowsWantStuffDealsMomHusbandMy MomUnhappyBotherGirlfriendMy HusbandMy Girlfriend Author:Michelle Obama
“My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.” PeopleThinkingWantTaughtMomLeavingMy MomOwn BusinessMind Your Own Business Author:Ray Charles
“If my mom came here today, she'd probably join this red-hat brigade. My mother got my sense of humor, even when I was a kid. I would just do things that tickled my fancy in the moment, and she would ask me who I was entertaining. I'd say, 'Well, me.' And she would tell me that nobody knew that and they thought I was psychotic. Well, I don't ever want people to think I'm psychotic, but I can't help myself from doing these things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWellsI CanMomentsHelpingKidsTodayMotherAsksMomRedMy MomAsk MeFancyHatsSense Of HumorEntertainingPsychoticRed Hat Author:Howie Mandel
“Normal people terrify me, because they haven't had enough problems in their life to know how to handle problems when they come up. Something little happens and they snap. But being from a dysfunctional family means nothing rattles me. Hey once you've driven a drunken father to moms' parole hearing, what else is there?” PeopleKnowsMeanLittlesEnoughProblemHappensFatherKnow HowHavensMomNormalCome UpHearingDrivenHandleHeySnapsHad EnoughParole Author:Christopher Titus
“How come Mom is crazy and I'm not? Well, it's possible my mom could stand up in front of this many people and talk about all the crap in her life and those people could have sat around and laughed with her, it would've meant nothing and she could have moved on cool. It's also possible she could have taken out the whole front row with a large-caliber weapon.” PeopleWellsWholeTakenCrazyFrontsMomWeaponsMovedMy MomSatLaughedCrapMoved OnCaliber Author:Christopher Titus
“Rich people bring a lawyer. Latinos and blacks bring their mom.” PeopleRichMomLawyerRich PeopleLatino Author:Felipe Esparza
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza
“My mom's response after seeing a sign that read 'Love God, People and Life': 'Well a lot of people don't like people.'” PeopleWellsSeeingMomResponseMy MomGod Love Author:Sasheer Zamata