Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rachel Caine

She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.

Rachel Caine

Oh, try not to sound so much like Mom—you don’t have the ovaries" (Monica Morrell - Last Breath)

Rachel Caine

Mom and Dad had a lot to answer for, she decided. She couldn’t even be rude to evil vampires who’d caged her boyfriend and were preparing to roast him alive.

Rachel Caine

Claire: Seriously? My mom? Let you in my room? In the middle of the night? Michael: Moms like me.

Peter Welch

I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another.

Peter Morgan

I'm always pre-occupied with what it is that I'm doing at the moment.

Peter Abrahams

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

Paulo Coelho

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

Paulo Coelho

It is bound to come a moment when what seems close is still very far away.

Paulo Coelho

In life's most significant moments we are always alone.

Peter Guber

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

Peter Guber

My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and over again. And you know what I learned from that? I went back and looked at everything - Why do I like reading the same stories over and over and over again? What, was I some kind of nincompoop? No - the narrative gave me connection with my mom.

Questlove

I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

Pia Zadora

Fifteen years ago I knew I had to settle into being a mom and give them a normal life, which I never had. I was always traveling. I had tours. I wanted my kids to settle down, and we kind of did it together.... It was a bumpy transition. There was no director telling me what to do. No script, but I really enjoyed it. I even became president of the PTA. Doing the laundry was a meditative experience. Now, when I start to get nervous and stressed, I go in and start to fold towels.

Phyllis Schlafly

The feminist movement has spent 30 years putting down the role of stay-at-home moms and trying to tell young women that only someone who is mentally disabled would pick that for a career.

Naveen Jain

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

Vicki Lansky

You will always be your child's favorite toy.

Richard Bach

Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't you leave low flying to the pelicans, the alhatross? Why don't you eat? Son, you're bone and feathers!" "I don't mind being bone and feathers mom. I just want to know what I can do in the air and what I can't, that's all. I just want to know.

Robert Bly

If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.

Rita Wilson

I've played so many moms, best friends, sisters and understanding people.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

Rita Ora

I dyed my hair blonde when I was 14. My mom was not happy. But I love being blonde.

Rita Ora

Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She’s a very strong lady.

Rita Mae Brown

One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"

Thomas Ian Nicholas

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

Thomas S. Monson

May each of us remember this truth; 'one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God.' Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.

Robert Griffin III

My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

Robert Griffin III

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

Walt Whitman

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Sarah Jessica Parker

James Wilkie is so conscious of the time we spend together. I try to be home to tuck him in at least four nights a week, and if I'm not, he's not letting me get away with anything. The other night I was sitting with him on the steps before Matthew and I went out to the theater, and he looked at me and said, 'Mama, this has got to stop. Go upstairs and take that dress off.'

Sarah Dessen

With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.

Sarah Dessen

So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I could feel myself blushing. 'I can’t do that,' I said. 'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think I’m not a good role-player?' 'No,' I said. 'It’s just–' 'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.' I just looked at him. 'I just… It’s weird.' 'No, it’s hard. But not impossible. Just try it.' A week earlier, I hadn’t even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily.

Sarah Dessen

At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me, like perhaps I wasn't capable of having that many people in my life at any one time. My mom turned up, Nate walked away, one door opening as another clicked shut.