893 private quotes tagged mom

“Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.” — Richard J. Codey

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“When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!” — Brooke Burke

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“I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.” — Jay-Z

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“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

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“I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'” — Paul Walker

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“Being a mom's so empowering and incredible. I'm one of those people who believes that life brings things to you at a certain time for a certain reason, and if you just go with it, that's where the best moments come from.” — Ashlee Simpson

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“It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.” — Haley Reinhart

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“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

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“My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.” — Wayne Brady

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“My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.” — Mia Wasikowska

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“If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.” — Brittany Murphy

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“My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him.” — Sherri Shepherd

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“I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.” — Kristen Wiig

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“Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.” — Emily Procter

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“My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.” — Victoria Justice

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“I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.” — Victoria Justice

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“I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.” — Brittany Murphy

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“My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill.” — David Frum

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“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

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“It's always been my mom and I against the world.” — Brittany Murphy

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“Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.” — Lorna Luft

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“My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.” — Lynda Barry

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“He was doing - Ray was designing the clothes for my mom's show from California. And one of the first appearances I ever made on television was on my mother's show and Ray and Bob did the clothes for that. It has been a long time.” — Liza Minnelli

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

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“I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.” — Miley Cyrus

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