1,809 Quotes About Mom

We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.

One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.

My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.

Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood.

My mom was the strongest woman I know.

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.

Adjusted for inflation, somebody going to college today to a state university, is paying about 300 percent of what her mom or dad did just 30 years ago.

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.