Famous Quotes & Sayings

Immanuel Kant

I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life.

Elle Fanning

For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I wasn't being unique. Even now, I won't wear the skinny-jeans style, because most people wear those - they have to be baggier, boyfriend-looking, or sort of like a mom jean. I'm real funny that way.

Ellen DeGeneres

I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.

Hugh Laurie

Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

Ariel Winter

If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always there making sure I'm all right. Like if I go to see a movie with a boy, she'll go to dinner next door.

Harry Reasoner

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie....

Harry Reid

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

Harry S Truman

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

J. K. Rowling

He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.

Guillermo del Toro

At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."

Greg Louganis

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship.

J. Reuben Clark

Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.

Gene Cernan

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.

Jessica Simpson

Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

Jessica Simpson

I'm really clumsy, so I trip and fall a lot. And every time I perform in New York my pants split onstage. That's happened four or five times. Every time, I pull on my mom's jeans as fast as I can, so there we are, standing backstage without our pants on. It's like a curse.

Jennie Garth

I love kids and children, and I love being a mom.

Jeffrey Loria

I can only tell you at this moment there is nothing going on in South Florida.

I do want to take this public moment to thank my staff for the work they have put in on this property.

John Prescott

I don't think he is welcome by many people in this country, is he? ... But at the moment he has the right to come in and out. ... It's a democracy, not a dictatorship, for God's sake.

Allison Janney

I don't think any of us thought for a moment it was going to do what it did.

Rachel Cohn

I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.

Steve Williams

I am not in talks with Bees. I have several options at the moment but I don't know what I am going to do.

Bobby Darin

He's old, ... But he had an interesting face. My mom didn't like him on sight because he had some of his stuff in shopping bags.

Hunter S. Thompson

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

People are saying we're playing very well at the moment but there are going to be up and down periods, it's not going to be plain sailing the whole time.

David S. Goyer

Ever since I was a little kid, I told my mom that I want to go to Hollywood and make a 'Batman' movie.

Chloe Grace Moretz

The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.

Victoria Justice

My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.

Emma McLaughlin

I think just because you're a mom, it doesn't negate - if anything, you're probably more enhanced - that you're a woman trying to find your place in the world.

Leah Busque

As a mom, you're so panicked and starved for time, you just need help.

Daniel Ortega

We are going to wait for the moment of the debate, and we'll make the decision,

James Keller

We heard recently the touching story of a young flier who was killed in action. Before he died, he had time to scrawl only a few words as a brief final message to his parents back home. The note read: "Dear Mom and Pop; I had time to say my prayers. Jack."

Leon Bridges

My mom is very excited for the fact that I got signed and, of course, being a mom, she's going to be a little worried.