Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian J. White

I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.

Brian Henson

My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous story.

Brian Henson

The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went in the middle of late-night news, and then through all of their career, it was always the "Ed Sullivan Show," it was a variety act, my dad was on the "Jimmy Dean Show" for a few years.

Brian K. Vaughan

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

Brian K. Vaughan

My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.

Brenda Song

I'm a huge breast cancer awareness advocate because my mom went through breast cancer recently. It really brought our family closer.

Brad Paisley

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.

Brad Pitt

My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back.

Brad Pitt

There are no secrets at our house. We tell the kids, 'Mom and Dad are going off to kiss.' They go, 'Eww, gross!' But we demand it.

Brad Pitt

One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.

Jane Horrocks

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.

Jane Green

My life is actually very boring. The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom.

Jane Hirshfield

How fragile we are, between the few good moments.

Kim Fields

I give and give, and sometimes I can't find me. I'm sure many moms and wives go down that same rabbit hole.

Ellar Coltrane

My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty disciplined. I was home-schooled but more really unschooled, really.

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.

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

Alanis Morissette

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

Billie Holiday

So I asked him to play "Trav'lin' All Alone." That came closer than anything to the way I felt. And some part of it must have come across. The whole joint quieted down. If someone had dropped a pin, it would have sounded like a bomb. When I finished, everybody in the joint was crying in their beer, and I picked thirty-eight bucks up off the floor. . . . When I showed Mom the money for the rent and told her I had a regular job singing for eighteen dollars a week, she could hardly believe it.

Billy Bob Thornton

My mom is such a big supporter of mine. She still is, and always was. So I got the sort of encouragement from that side of the family.

Billy Bob Thornton

My mom was a psychic. And there's a movie called The Gift that I'd written years ago with Cate Blanchett which is loosely based on my mom.

Kourtney Kardashian

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.

Cate Blanchett

When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

When I look up and see a star, I know my mom is there. She's with me all the time. It's a powerful connection.

Dick Vitale

My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through my mom and dad I learned about love, family and respecting people. They never went to high school but they had within them every element that makes a great American. They had pride and a great work ethic and they knew how to do things the right way.

Dick Vitale

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a coach. I had people telling me you can't do this, you're not a great player. Be realistic. When I got rejection letters from colleges where I wanted to coach, my mom would say, "You are going to make it someday. You have something special within you and that is your spirit for life which will help you get to the top."

Dennis Wilson

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.

Dennis Quaid

You go to Main Street, and Wal-Mart is coming to town and kicking out all the mom and pop stores. All the people that were in the mom and pop stores are now working for Wal-Mart.

Debra Messing

I'm a mom, and I'm always looking for ways to encourage, support, and embolden my son to help make him believe in himself.

Dana Perino

Hardest job in America is being a single mom. There are a lot of them and a lot of them in Baltimore and I think that they absolutely do their best. They can't keep continue to do their best if businesses flee the city.

Dana Carvey

A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him.'

Connor Barwin

Since I was born I remember my dad and my mom always embracing diversity and differences among people and that being the core of America and happiness and all those different things. And that goes along with equality and you should treat everybody equal and be fair and not judge people and dislike people because they are different, and embrace and enjoy people because of the differences they have

Cobie Smulders

I think that being a mom has made me a better person. I'm much more patient and much more chill than I was before.