Famous Quotes & Sayings

Meg Cabot

Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

Meg Cabot

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Meg Cabot

Looks fade,' Mom would go on. 'But intelligence lasts forever.

Matthew Modine

Fifteen dollar too beaucoup. Five dollars each... Five dollars is all my mom allows me to spend.

Matisyahu

We know nothing. And just because you know something to be true at this moment in your life or you feel that it is true, you can never be sure of yourself.

Ryan Miller

The game's not won in 10 minutes, but momentum can be earned. It took us a while for us to get back to where we wanted to be.

Edward Carpenter

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

Edgerrin James

I hate getting yelled at, that'll get you on my bad side. My mom never yelled at me. She just told us what needed to be done and we did it.

Edie Brickell

Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.

Edie Falco

As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content.

Eckhart Tolle

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

Eckhart Tolle

Honoring the moment is honoring every human being you meet. The only place where you can meet them is in the moment.

Eckhart Tolle

Become intensely conscious of the present moment.

The markets' resilience at the moment is remarkable.

Hoda Kotb

I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

Holly Madison

I've always wanted to be a mom.

Holly Madison

I want my daughter to be proud of me and look up to me. I think early on in my pregnancy I realized that to be the mom I want to be, I had to change my life, and that's what I'm doing.

John F. Kennedy

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Jonathan Keltz

Things that are present - whether it's a conversation with someone who is really grounded in the moment, a movie that feels authentic, or a moment in nature where you feel nothing but the present. It motivates me to truly ground myself, breathe, and push forward. Crashing waves.

Jonathan Horton

My mom and dad were extremely supportive. But my mom, she definitely made a lot of sacrifices, specifically because she wasn't working at the time. She ended up going and finding a job so she could continue to put me through gymnastics.

Jon Tester

I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb.

Jon Stewart

After going to war against the U.N.'s expressed wishes, the U.S. is now admitting it needs the U.N.'s help. It's the geopolitical equivalent of the 2 a.m. phone call ever parent dreads: 'Mom, I'm not saying I wrecked the car, but I need a ride home.'

Jon Stewart

Here it is ... your moment of zen.

Joyce Carol Oates

These are the moments for which we live.

Kate Walsh

My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

Kate Upton

I was at a photo shoot, and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took it away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want a cross with me at all times.

Kate Upton

My mom played every sport possible. My dad is 'extremely' competitive. You can't even play Ping-Pong with him.

Katee Sackhoff

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

Katey Sagal

I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot.

Kate Winslet

You know, I never felt like I was young at the time and obviosly having Mia was absolutely planned. It's only know when I meet people who are my age and single, [with] no kids, that I reflect and say, 'Bloody hell? I really have leaved at a fast pace.'

Kate Winslet

Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.

Kate Winslet

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

Kate Beckinsale

I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby.