Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gloria Vanderbilt

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.

Harry Reasoner

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie....

Harry Reid

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 S Truman

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

J. K. Rowling

He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.

Guillermo del Toro

At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."

Greg Louganis

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

J. Reuben Clark

Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.

Gene Cernan

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.

Jessica Simpson

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

Jessica Simpson

I'm really clumsy, so I trip and fall a lot. And every time I perform in New York my pants split onstage. That's happened four or five times. Every time, I pull on my mom's jeans as fast as I can, so there we are, standing backstage without our pants on. It's like a curse.

Jennie Garth

I love kids and children, and I love being a mom.

Jennie Finch

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me.

Jennie Finch

Being fit and being in the best shape that I can be helps me be the best mom as well.

Jennifer Aniston

I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And with all the love in the world, my mom looked at me and said, 'Oh, honey, you're so funny.' So, she doesn't lie to me...she answers the question by not answering and instead tells me what she thinks is my greatest strength.

Gloria Feldt

This women's moment to embrace the power-to for good in life and leadership.

Gloria Allred

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.

Gloria Allred

There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.

Gloria Estefan

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

Gloria Estefan

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age wouldn't be interested in.

Gloria Estefan

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

Gloria Estefan

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.

Ellen DeGeneres

I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.

Hugh Laurie

Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

Ariel Winter

If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always there making sure I'm all right. Like if I go to see a movie with a boy, she'll go to dinner next door.

Jeffrey Loria

I can only tell you at this moment there is nothing going on in South Florida.

I do want to take this public moment to thank my staff for the work they have put in on this property.

John Prescott

I don't think he is welcome by many people in this country, is he? ... But at the moment he has the right to come in and out. ... It's a democracy, not a dictatorship, for God's sake.

Allison Janney

I don't think any of us thought for a moment it was going to do what it did.

Rachel Cohn

I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.

Steve Williams

I am not in talks with Bees. I have several options at the moment but I don't know what I am going to do.

Bobby Darin

He's old, ... But he had an interesting face. My mom didn't like him on sight because he had some of his stuff in shopping bags.

Hunter S. Thompson

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.