893 private quotes tagged mom

“My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.” — Beth Ditto

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“I feel like I've lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me.” — Leona Lewis

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“People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.” — Gary Vaynerchuk

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“My guess is my brother would call his mom and his dad pretty regularly, a lot more than I probably did.” — Jeb Bush

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“My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.” — Dominic Monaghan

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“I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.” — Jason Mraz

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“My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.” — Kevin J. Anderson

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“In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'” — Cynthia Nixon

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“My mom's a social worker, and my dad works in non-profit organisations.” — Seth Rogen

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“I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.” — Kevin Eubanks

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“My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called 'New Faces of 1937.' My mom went under the name Thelma Leeds, and she did a few movies, and she was really a great singer, and when she married my dad and started to have a family, she sang at parties.” — Albert Brooks

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“I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.” — Shay Mitchell

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“I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.” — Ernie Harwell

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“My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.” — Dave Mustaine

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“Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.'” — Josh McDowell

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“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.” — Robert Griffin III

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“My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.” — Matt Damon

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“My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts in a factory.” — Rory McIlroy

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“Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.” — Levon Helm

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“We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled.” — Kenny Loggins

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“OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.” — Mike Mills

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“My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.” — Chris Isaak

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“My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.” — Larry Elder

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“My mom's been married three times my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.” — Skeet Ulrich

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“Birdie is amazing and such an incredible child and I'm having such a great time being a mom but I still want to have a career and I still look forward to auditions and parts, and when I don't get them I'm disappointed.” — Busy Philipps

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