#mothers

That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children equally, why did he bother about my red hat and let other people lose their fathers and mothers for always? ↗

— Frances Farmer

#always #began #bother #children #did

Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50. If I get sick, I would rather have money spent on children before it's spent on me. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#care #children #everybody #first #get

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#aspiration #children #competence #fathers #highest

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#being #born #care #children #cognitive

She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But women acted as if they'd been given a medal that entitled them to boss people around. It was as if, just because they'd got the label which said "mother", everyone else got a tiny part of the label that said "child"... ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#motherhood #mothers #motherhood

If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them? ↗

— Tori Amos

#games #go #good #groups #haven

There are enough scary rock & roll mothers in the world. ↗

— Tori Amos

#mothers #rock #roll #scary #world

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#commanded #daughter #even #fathers #god

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress. ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

#after #between #difficult #grandmothers #i

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ↗

— Milton Berle

#evolution #hands #how #mothers #only