Mom famous quotes
04-09-2025
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When you get into this business you have to grow up quickly. But I wouldn't say I've lost any of my childhood, I've always been a mature child. My Mom says I've been like that since I was little kid. I make time for my friends and I make time for things that other kids do. This is a business and I knew what I was getting into. I make time for being a kid, but I also know when to put on my business hat and go for the business.
-- Aaliyah -
I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong.
-- Aaron Carter -
My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.
-- Aaron Koblin -
My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.
-- Aaron Levie -
My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.
-- Aaron Levie -
Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly - along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish - are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field.
-- Aaron Rodgers -
When I was 11 my friend's mom made a peanut butter sandwich. I ate the sandwich and was like, 'I'm never eating anything else again.' And I still eat peanut butter every day. I would put peanut butter on a steak.
-- Aasif Mandvi -
She wouldn't come back. She hated me. She hated Nan. She hated my mom. She hated her father. She wouldn't come back here... but God, I wanted her to.
-- Abbi Glines -
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
-- Abigail Breslin -
It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
-- Abigail Van Buren -
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.
-- Adam Brody -
I don't know anyone who's going to see Grind 22 times in the theater. My mom. Some kid who has short-term memory loss and forgot that he's seen it.
-- Adam Brody -
My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
-- Adam Carolla -
I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.
-- Adam Carolla -
My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
-- Adam Lambert -
You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
-- Adam Oates -
There was less than I’d expected in the rainy-day fund that Mom had kept in the bottom of an underwear drawer in a panty hose egg labeled ‘DEAD SPIDERS.’ As if I hadn’t always known it was there. As if I wouldn’t want to look at dead spiders.
-- Adam Rex -
I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.
-- Adam Sandler -
I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.
-- Adhir Kalyan -
We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.
-- Adrian G. Duplantier -
Jesus Christ - He means the world to me. So many different situations I've been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood; I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.
-- Adrian Peterson -
But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
-- Adriana Trigiani -
Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
-- Adriana Trigiani -
My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.
-- Aerin Lauder -
Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I'm following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work on display instead of hidden away. I figure if I take my children's work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.
-- Aerin Lauder -
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
-- Agatha Christie -
In interviews, on the set, talking to people, I'll just start talking about my parents' divorce, and go on and on. My mom's always like, 'You don't have to be that honest. You have to be more fake.' You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.
-- Agnes Bruckner -
Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
-- Aimee Bender -
Mom loved my brother more. Not that she didn't love me - I felt the wash of her love every day, pouring over me, but it was a different kind, siphoned from a different, and tamer, body of water. I was her darling daughter; Joseph was her it.
-- Aimee Bender -
My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly. Like The Marine, I suddenly understood. Mom and I weren't trespassing. This house was ours. This view was ours. And that seemed as absurd and unreal as the stories Sailor Hat had spun for me on the ferry.
-- Aimee Friedman -
One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand on the back of the TV to see if it was warm, and it was. So she pulled the cord out of the wall, opened the second-floor window, and just threw it out the window.
-- Akiva Schaffer -
My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
-- Al Franken -
They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.
-- Al Roker -
Agent Mom is a perfect opportunity for me to do what I love... develop characters, act and take incredible stories to my fans. So yes, I can absolutely see myself cast as Agent Mom.
-- Alaina Huffman -
My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
-- Alan Jackson -
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
-- Albert Einstein -
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.
-- Aleksa Palladino -
I'm focussing on what I haven't attained, not what I have. A lot has come to me early. I don't want to get consumed with that. Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. My goal is to play one full game in the now, but I haven't even gotten past the first inning yet. I start thinking about where my mom is or if my dogs have been fed. The average human has 2,000 thoughts a day. The really accomplished have 1,500 because you can focus longer. I need to learn how to focus longer.
-- Alex Rodriguez -
I worry all the time that I'm going to run out of ideas, you know? I always tell my mom my fashion ideas, because I know she'll remember them.
-- Alexa Chung -
My mom sent me to regular high school because she wanted me to have that experience and not say that I missed out, but I didn't like it at all. I'm more comfortable in the world that I'm in, I grew up in it so when I get around normal kids in regular high school I don't know what to do. I feel more secure in an adult environment.
-- Alexa Vega -
I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.
-- Alexa Vega -
I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends.
-- Alexa Vega -
My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.
-- Alexander Wang -
My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes,
-- Alexander Wang -
Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honor.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson -
I believe that connecting with other moms is so important; after all, we are all on this crazy journey together and no one understands what we're going through better than each other.
-- Ali Landry -
But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more'.
-- Ali Larter -
I'm a just a mom when I walk down the street.
-- Alice Barrett -
Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.
-- Alice Riley -
I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.
-- Alicia Sacramone -
My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years
-- Alison Lohman -
I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.
-- Alison Sweeney -
I've actually suffered from allergies my entire life. My mom had allergies, so I was aware of what an issue they can be. Many people allow their allergies to affect their lives. As a mom with two kids and two jobs, I just can't let allergies slow me down. It's a day to day thing that can really be remedied by finding the right medication.
-- Alison Sweeney -
I've met so many fans of daytime television who've watched the shows with their moms and grandmas and feel like they've known the characters their whole lives. It's sad for them to have to say goodbye to their favorite soaps and characters. We don't want that to happen to the 'Days' fans.
-- Alison Sweeney -
Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.
-- Alistair Begg -
A three-year old was examining his testicles while taking a bath. 'Mom,' he asked,'are these my brains?' 'Not yet.' she replied.
-- Allan Pease -
My mom dressed me in silk to go to elementary school.
-- Allegra Versace -
I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.
-- Allen Iverson -
To be born a Southern woman is to be made aware of your distinctiveness. And with it, the rules. The expectations. These vary some, but all follow the same basic template, which is, fundamentally, no matter what the circumstance, Southern women make the effort. Which is why even the girls in the trailer parks paint their nails. And why overstressed working moms still bake three dozen homemade cookies for the school fund-raiser. And why you will never see Reese Witherspoon wearing sweatpants. Or Oprah take a nap.
-- Allison Glock -
My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 11, when she got a job - and it was like a light came on inside her. It's not wrong to be passionate about your career. When you love what you do, you bring that stimulation back to your family.
-- Allison Pearson -
I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler.
-- Ally Carter -
That wasn't your mom in you—that was your dad.
-- Ally Carter -
Can I see you outside for a second?" Kat glared at Hale, then walked to the patio doors and out onto the veranda. As Hale closed the door behind him, Kat heard Angus say, "Ooh, Mom and Dad are going to fight now.
-- Ally Carter -
I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didnt always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we havent thought of yet.
-- Ally Condie -
This is the hardest job I've ever had, being a mom, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever had.
-- Ally Walker -
My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.
-- Allyson Felix -
My mom is great and I make sure that we pray together before every race. She helps me put everything in perspective and remind me of the real reason I run.
-- Allyson Felix -
I was two years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes. I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit!
-- Aly Raisman -
My mom was a photographer and whenever they needed a baby for a modelling job, she'd stick me in front of the camera. That's how it started.
-- Alyson Hannigan -
My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.
-- Alyson Hannigan -
But why didn't you just ask me?" I set down my fork and glare at her. "Because you were sleeping," She says, taking a sip if Chardonnay. "I was taking a nap, Mom. It wasn't intended to be some kind of Disney fairy-tale hundred-year snooze.
-- Alyson Noel -
Our bodies are made to nurture and cuddle and all of those amazing things that come along with being a mom.
-- Alyssa Milano -
I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
-- Alyssa Milano -
I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.
-- Amanda Beard -
Whatever is meant to be will be and you just have to trust that things happen for a reason. It's made handling disappointments that much easier because I just remember my mom's words and know that something better is meant to come my way.
-- Amanda Bynes -
Well,I hope you like the ring." He held it out to me, he velvet lid still closed. "My mom hates it." "I'm sure I'll love it,then," I said, and he laughed.
-- Amanda Hocking -
Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.
-- Amanda Peet -
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
You'll never see me at the launch of the new PlayStation or some club. For me, the fun stuff is being able to get my mom tickets to 'Dancing With the Stars' - she loves Mario Lopez.
-- America Ferrera -
Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.
-- Amos Bronson Alcott -
The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.
-- Amy Chua -
I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.
-- Amy Chua -
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.
-- Amy Chua -
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.
-- Amy Chua -
Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.
-- Amy Grant -
Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.
-- Amy Grant -
My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.
-- Amy Jo Johnson -
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.
-- Amy Lee -
No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.
-- Amy Leslie -
My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one
-- Amy Plum -
Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.
-- Amy Plum -
My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the two of them is my comedy. But, I am definitely the first comedian in my family.
-- Amy Schumer -
I think of myself as a fairly attractive girl and always have, thanks to my mom. I was brought into this world thinking I was gorgeous because my mother was extremely devoted to this notion.
-- Amy Schumer -
My mom made me think I was gorgeous. When I was younger she was like, 'Look at you! You're an angel. You sparkle!' And I was like, 'I do!' You believe your parents.
-- Amy Schumer
