Quotes for Mom

My mom was very strict. And we were very religious. So I knew that I was not allowed to do the wrong thing. And I knew that I had a home I could run to. And I had a mom.

Jacqueline Woodson

Your mom is the first person you fall in love with, so it's loaded forever and carries all this baggage. There's almost always a communication barrier in place. In my case it's a language and cultural barrier, but other times, it's because your mother's love is conditional or because you're fundamentally different.

Mary H.K. Choi

My grandparents and my mom prayed the rosary a lot, and later in life, I had a priest friend of mine teach me centering prayer, based on Father Thomas Keating's work. That led to practicing different kinds of meditation off and on as I got older.

Tim Ryan

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

Harry Reid

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

Earl Campbell

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.

Mila Kunis

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

Jessica Lange

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

Toby Keith

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

Jean Kerr

I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.

Candace Cameron Bure

I am truly my mother's son.

David Geffen

Everyone checks out my mom. My mom's hot.

Ashley Scott

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

Maurice Sendak

A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.

Emma Bonino

I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.

Kate Hudson

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

Toni Braxton

I'm from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.

Cassie Ventura

If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.

M. J. Rose

My parents were educated in the Turkish system and went straight from high school to medical school; my mom, who had skipped a grade, was dissecting corpses at age seventeen. Growing up in America, I think I envied my parents' education. By comparison, everything I did in school seemed so sort of low-stakes and infantilizing.

Elif Batuman

My sister and mom are both cancer survivors. If they're going to whip it, so am I.

Ernie Johnson Jr.