“I have made so many mistakes as a mother. But the one thing that I know I do is I make sure my children know how much I love them and they are absolutely secure in that.” KnowsChildrenMadeMotherMistakeKnow HowOne ThingSecureMy Children Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I've played a mother many times, even in tragic things like, "I Dreamed of Africa," so I know how it is to lose a child cinematically. I have so much compassion on so many fronts, for women who have lost children or tried for years and couldn't have them.” KnowsYearsChildrenMotherLostLosesCompassionKnow HowFrontsTragicLost Child Author:Kim Basinger
“You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.” KnowsYoungMotherBoysKnow HowFive Author:Ann Romney
“It's useful to know how much society's holding you back. My mother would talk about how she was told by the head of her art school that she was the best painter, but that she wouldn't get the biggest prize because she would waste her talent by having children. I think we have to get honest with girls about how they can expect the world to block them, and we have to prepare girls, and ourselves, to break through those blocks.” ThinkingKnowsWorldChildrenArtSchoolMotherGirlBreakKnow HowHonestTalentWasteBlockPainterPrizeBreak ThroughArt SchoolHaving Children Author:Erica Jong
“Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses - Cupid paid: He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lips, the rose Growing one's cheek (but none knows how); With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin: All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes - She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this for thee? What shall, alas! become of me?” KnowsLoveDonePlayEyeLastsMotherWinningLosesKnow HowGrowingTeamKissingPaidBlindRoseLipsCardsTheeHis EyesStakesBowsCheeksAlasArrowsCrystalsChinsBrowsDoveSparrowsCupidQuiverDimplesBows And Arrows Author:John Lyly
“You don't want the children to know how afraid / you are. You want to be sure their hold on life / is steady, sturdy. Were mothers and fathers / always this anxious, holding the ringing / receiver close to the ear: / 'Why don't they answer where could they be?” KnowsWantChildrenLife IsMotherFatherAnswersKnow HowEarsAnxiousSteadyMother And FatherReceiverSturdy Book:The Common Source: The Common
“The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLastsLyingMotherGuyKnow HowAdviceHonestyPolicyDrunkBeing The BestUncles Author:Adam DeVine
“When ''night, Mother' opened, I did not know how long it would be before I would have another show on Broadway.” KnowsLongShowsWould BeMotherNightKnow HowBroadwayMother Night Author:Marsha Norman
“It's not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We can't forgive our mothers for taking the place of our fathers until we are ready to see that the point of a man's life is to be a father and a mentor, and we can't do that because we don't know how we would be a father or a mentor when we never had one.” KnowsMenLittlesWould BeLife IsMotherFatherKnow HowToo MuchReadyForgivingMentorOur FatherCan't Forgive Author:Frank Pittman
“When I feel like I'm not doing what I am supposed to as a mother, I will torture myself. I don't know how to deal with it. I find some consolation in the fact that all mommies feel it. If there was a way to cure mommy guilt, I would bottle it and be a bazillionaire.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsFactsMotherDealsKnow HowGuiltCuresTortureBottlesConsolation Author:Angie Harmon