The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic poor family in the United States is a single mother ...
Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did mothers. Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people's minds and know when anything unusual w...
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.
My mother used to tell me to be a leader, never a follower. As a respect to my the words of my mother, I cannot place my faith in God or anyone else, because if I do, I am merely a follower. In order to respect my mother's wishes, I had to dethrone G...
In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That meant that I had to appear in public to promote a comedy about a son trying to save his dying mother - the plot of Choke - while p...
Animal Mother: I'm going first. Private Eightball: Now, back off, white bread! Don't get between a dog and his meat. Animal Mother: All fucking niggers must fucking hang! [responds to protests] Animal Mother: Hey, hey, I won't be long! I'll skip the ...
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her being taken away in a strait jacket. That's something you never forget. And my stepmother was like in the movie 'Precious.' I couldn't handle it. So I s...
Being a good mother is being a hero. Right?
Opportunities are born by learning!
I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.
I believe I was actually the first single mother in a major film.
Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully.
I always thought I should have been a better mother.
As scary as it was being raised by one Jewish mother, I have to feel for my kids because they have two Jewish mothers.
I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11.
Rhett Butler: A cat's a better mother than you.
I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.
I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!
