Busy Philipps Quotes

I had really specific ideas of what kind of mom I was going to be and what kind of things I was going to provide for my child - even down to the organic, wooden toys Birdie was going to be allowed to chew on. Then cut to my daughter being obsessed with every plastic, 99-cent store toy.

Busy Philipps

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• I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Work
  • School
  • Career

• Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Man

• One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Great
  • Know
  • Mom

• My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.

  

  Zendaya
  • Up
  • Mom
  • Years

• It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • People
  • Man
  • Daughter

• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Great
  • Dad
  • Mom

• I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Age

• For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.

  

  Lance Loud
  • Family
  • Love
  • Friends

• I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Up
  • House
  • Dad

• Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Mom

• My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Family
  • Together
  • Dad

• I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'

  

  Nate Berkus
  • She
  • Mother
  • House

• My mom's whole life had been my gymnastics. We struggled to connect when I stopped.

  

  Rachele Brooke Smith
  • Life
  • Mom
  • Gymnastics

• I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Mom
  • Kitchen
  • Kid

• My mom and grandmother were actresses, and I knew I was going to do this since I was super young. I would put on shows at my grandparents' house and sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' in the living room. I was in drama club and chorus, and I knew every word to 'Grease.'

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • House
  • Mom
  • Drama

• I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Find
  • Guitar
  • Numbers

• Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • People
  • Love
  • Kids

• My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Life
  • Parents

• My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights.

  

  Dorothea Benton Frank
  • World
  • Family
  • Son

• I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Up
  • Computer
  • After

• I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

  Gail Devers
  • Long
  • Country
  • Career

• Oil futures were originally created to give heating oil dealers, gas retailers, aviation companies and other businesses a method of hedging against adverse price changes. Instead, they've become just another Wall Street plaything.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Wall
  • Changes
  • Street

• I think the hardest part of being a working mom is that I miss my kids a lot.

  

  Kristin Cavallari
  • Kids
  • Mom

• I had really specific ideas of what kind of mom I was going to be and what kind of things I was going to provide for my child - even down to the organic, wooden toys Birdie was going to be allowed to chew on. Then cut to my daughter being obsessed with every plastic, 99-cent store toy.

  

  Busy Philipps
  • Mom
  • Daughter