Mom Quotes

I'm one of three boys raised by a single mom in a military beach town in the South.

Jason Winston George
- Single
- Military
- Beach
Mom was all about hellfire and brimstone. Her Old Testament God was a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath.

Laird Barron
- God
- Mom
- Fire

My mom obviously had a problem.

Dave Pelzer
- Mom
The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom.

Jane Green
- Life
- Time
- Fun
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.

Amy Chua
- She
- Remember
- Mother
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
- She
- Morning
- Jump
While 'The Help' is in so many ways a celebration of these women's friendships and what they overcome, it's also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that.

Bryce Dallas Howard
- Women
- Help
- Friendships
I love math and science, and also, my mom is a doctor. I grew up not even having an awareness that women were not supposed to be good at science.

Megan Amram
- Up
- Good
- Women