My Mom Quotes - Page 38

• I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

  Ricky Skaggs

  Mom, Country, Song

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• As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.

  Tim Scott

  Mom, Strong, Jobs

  "Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. December 19, 2012.

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• Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.

  Mark Udall

  Mom, Sibling, Kids

  "Make the Kids to Parks Day Pledge" by Mark Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2011.

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• My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I'm this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.

  Alexander Wang

  Mom, Baby, Kids

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• Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Mom, Feminist, Groups

  "Ayelet Waldman's Memoir Of A 'Bad Mother'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. May 5, 2009.

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• My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  Mom, Support, I Can

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

  Mae Whitman

  Cute, Mom, Children

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Mom, Dad, Home

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• My nana was always a widow as long as I was alive; my grandfather died before I was born. All the women on my street - there were four houses in a row with all old women who lived alone who were widowed. They all had kids, but they were all widowed. My mom didn't put me in preschool; I didn't know that was a thing. I just hung out with these women all day.

  Jen Kirkman

  Mom, Kids, Long

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist through the wood. I don't know what it was made of. Just going there it's like a maze. My mom makes me go. I get lost. It's very stressful.

  Jedediah Bila

  Mom, Dad, Fighting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

  Miranda Lambert

  Mom, Want, Sticks

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• I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

  Monica Lewinsky

  Mom, President, Worried

  "Excerpts From Barbara Walters' Interview of Monica Lewinsky". Interview with Barbara Walters, partners.nytimes.com. March 4, 1999.

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• When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.

  Rich Lowry

  Mom, Dad, Nice

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• My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

  Jayma Mays

  Mom, Growing Up, Fans

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• My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'

  Jayma Mays

  Mom, Morning, Choices

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

  Mom, Dad, Grew Up

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• One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.

  Bam Margera

  Mom, Minutes, One Time

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• My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

  Tom Shadyac

  Mom, Dad, Three

  "Eye to Eye, Lie to Lie". Interview with Scott Collins, articles.latimes.com. March 12, 1997.

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• The hardest thing for me is planning ahead. My mom was brilliant at it.

  Faith Hill

  Mom, Planning Ahead, Brilliant

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• As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.

  Brian J. White

  Mom, Dad, Kids

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• My mom just wants to make sure that my heart is always in whatever I do and I'm in things for the right reasons.

  Kevin Durant

  Mom, Heart, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.

  Big Sean

  Mom, Dad, Good Life

  "Big Sean Talks Def Jam Debut, Detroit Roots, and Working With Kanye & Pharrell". Interview with Modele "Modi" Oyewole, www.complex.com. April 17, 2010.

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• My mom said there's a sunrise and a sunset every day and you can choose to be there or not. You can put yourself in the way of beauty.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Mom, Sunset, Wild Beauty

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• My mom said I wasn't allowed to date until I was sixteen, but I broke that rule. She found out and said, 'I'm disappointed in you.'

  Justin Bieber

  Mom, Sixteen, Broke

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