Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eminem

Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me in a neighborhood daily to jump and chase me. It only made me what I am today.

Javier Bardem

[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there.' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother.'

Jay Asher

You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

Jason Wu

I was very preppy in my childhood. I also went through an anti-clothing moment where I just wanted to wear sweats because I'd just moved to Canada. My mom was always trying to get me into proper clothes, but I never wanted to wear them, and now that's all I wear.

Jason Wu

The way my mom dressed was one of my earliest inspirations, in those '80s suits with shoulder pads and things like that. For years, I ran away from that style. But now, all I want to do is shoulder pads and nipped-in waists and padded hips and peplums and poufed dresses.

Jason Wu

My mom used to take me to antique shows, which I hated because everything was so dusty and old and there were all these weird ladies selling their antiques. We call them "eclectic" now. But it was really amazing that I was exposed to that when I was younger. Now that I have my own taste, I understand it more.

Jason Segel

The first time my mom found condoms in my room, she literally started crying hysterically.

Jason Segel

My mother taught me to be nice to everybody. And she said something before I left home. She said, 'I want you to always remember that the person you are in this world is a reflection of the job I did as a mother.'

Jason Mraz

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.

Hines Ward

Everything I do is for my mom. Every time I step out there and try to get better, it's for her.

Hines Ward

Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!

Hines Ward

My mom used to tell me, 'I live every day of my life for you.' I understand that now. The older I get, the more I understand.

Hilary Rosen

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

Hilary Rosen

Working moms, stay at home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs.

Hillary Clinton

This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.

Hillary Clinton

I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.

Eva Mendes

[Affordable prices] are important to me. My mother lets me know [if something is too expensive]. With a few dresses, she's, like, "That's too much." "But Mom, it's $59.99." "It's too much." And then I go back and we talk about price points. My family keeps my grounded.

Eva Longoria

I've always eaten egg whites because when I was little, I didn't like the color yellow, so my mom would trick me into eating eggs by taking out the yolk.

Eva Longoria

My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing.

Esha Gupta

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

Ernie Isley

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.

Ernie Harwell

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

Ethel Merman

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

Ethel Merman

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be

Ethel Merman

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

Ethel Waters

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

Ethel Waters

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

Ethel Waters

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live.

Ethel Waters

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

Ethel Waters

What broke Mom's heart was realizing that her children knew nothing and cared nothing about the better side of life.

Etty Hillesum

One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on.

Goose Gossage

The only urgency that I ever had was when my mom was alive. She died last year in September of 2006. She was my number one fan and she always said I'd love to see you go into the Hall of Fame. That was the only urgency that I ever had that I wish if I was going to go into the Hall of Fame that certainly it would've happen when she was around, but it didn't and now that she's passed.