Working Mom Quotes

• Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level.

  Jami Gertz

  Mom, Mother, Screw Ups

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• It is less dangerous to draw a cartoon of Allah French-kissing Uncle Sam — which, let me make it very clear, I have not done — than it is to speak honestly about [working moms].

  Tina Fey

  Mom, Uncles, Kissing

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.139, Hachette UK

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• Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

  Lisa Alther

  Funny, Mothers Day, Mom

  Lisa Alther (2010). “Other Women”, p.36, Open Road Media

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• The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.

  Tina Fey

  Mom, Topics, Tap Dance

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.139, Hachette UK

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• I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

  Uma Thurman

  Mom, I've Learned, Superwoman

  "Uma Thurman Refuses to Dish Dirt on Ex-Hubby Ethan Hawke". www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2006.

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• It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

  Michelle Obama

  Mom, Hate, Kids

  Remarks of First Lady Michelle Obama Let’s Move! Launch Anniversary Speech to Parents, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 9, 2011.

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• When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

  Sophia Loren

  Motivational, Family, Mothers Day

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• Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.

  Kerri Walsh

  Mother, Role Models, Roles

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Funny, Family, Mothers Day

  Her Son's Wife ch. 37 (1926)

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• Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Mom, Children, School

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• I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.

  Angela Kinsey

  Mom, Jobs, Home

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• Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

  Gwen Stefani

  Mom, Thinking, Way

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

  Milton Berle

  Funny, Mothers Day, Hilarious

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• Every working mom I know is constantly walking some kind of a tightrope of guilt.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Mom, Guilt, Kind

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• You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.

  Tina Fey

  Inspiring, Humor, Parenting

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• God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Mothers Day, God, Christian

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• I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

  Alison Sweeney

  Mom, Athlete, Special

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  [Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

  Gilda Radner

  Mom, Mother, Inspiration

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• I'm pretty busy: I'm a working mom and I know a lot about having a hectic schedule, but I think what's really important to me and what's on the top of that list is just making sure that my family stays healthy, especially during flu season.

  Tia Mowry

  Mom, Thinking, Hectic Schedule

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  I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not like being on set.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Mom, Jobs, Thinking

  "Gwyneth Paltrow's Post-Split Plans: Actress Reveals She's Taking a Break From Acting to Focus on Her Kids" by Lily Harrison, www.eonline.com. March 26, 2014.

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• Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs.

  Hilary Rosen

  Mom, Jobs, Home

  "Rosen apologizes for Ann Romney comments". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. April 12, 2012.

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• I have a special place in my heart for working moms - it's a constant pull on your heartstrings.

  Angela Kinsey

  Mom, Heart, Special

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• Makeup can be pure fantasy--it can transform you into any kind of magical creature, whether that's a superhero or a retro Hollywood icon or just a more fun, fresher version of yourself. Looking like a stress-free, well-rested working mom? That's some kind of magic to me.

  Jessica Alba

  Mom, Fun, Stress

  Jessica Alba (2013). “The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You”, p.64, Rodale

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• Well, being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right. She was very present in our lives and has a great career of her own. Same with my father. So I knew it was possible going in to stay closely connected to my children while also chasing big dreams.

  Kerri Walsh

  Mother, Dream, Children

  "37-year-old Olympian explains how she stays so dominant at an age when most athletes retire". Interview with Emmett Knowlton, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2016.

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• I am inspired by working moms. Mothers who somehow balance the demands of their many lives - professional, familial, personal, and interior - and still manage to make time to have fun and invest in themselves! This is a huge challenge that I look forward to taking on.

  Daphne Oz

  Mom, Mother, Fun

  Interview with Rachel Goldstien, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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