#mother

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched. ↗

— Paul Harris

#been #best #chords #motherhood #sympathy

Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of. ↗

— Amy Heckerling

#babies #baby #care #fathers #mothers

I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She asked me where I was going to find that, and I said, 'I don't know, but it's out there.' ↗

— Sherman Hemsley

#asked #could #find #fun #going

To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#anything #be patient #become #even #fathers

We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#america #capacity #care #children #every

My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college. ↗

— Dana Hill

#brothers #career #college #ever #go

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before. ↗

— Julie Walters

#another #before #being #children #dimension

Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating. ↗

— Thora Hird

#emigrating #go #good #got #i

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting. ↗

— John Hume

#child #every #family #father #grandmother

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. ↗

— Barry Humphries

#australia #dancing #going #like #live