Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I dont know any smokers now, not even my mom. – Jane Smiley
I remember, my mom didnt have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, wed just go down to the neighbors and shed give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There werent any latchkey kids. – Jennifer Garner
Ive always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. Im right on schedule. – Brandy Norwood
Its her first grandchild, so shes really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me. – Brandy Norwood
I really want to adopt a child… I want to be called Mom. It really is the most beautiful word in the English language. – Patti Stanger
Growing up my whole life, my mom was telling me how incredible and special I was and that I was going to change the world. I think its important for girls to know that they can change the world, that they do have an impact. – Ashley Greene
My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and shes always with me on everything. The most Ive ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know. – Dakota Fanning
I am proud of my kids, but I also want to make my mom proud of me. Im still a mommas girl at the heart of the situation. – Tori Spelling
I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done – she has a bunch too so were tattoo buddies now. – Josh Hutcherson
Im a soccer mom. Im T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. Im at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it. – Pamela Anderson
Many of my books come from what if questions that I cant answer, things that Im worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American. – Jodi Picoult
My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasnt supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that. – Jason Aldean
Im a better mother if Im also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot. – Katey Sagal
My friends and I would get up early and take our horses through the national forest. My mom was very free. It was always Out of the house! There was no watching television on weekends. – Anna Torv
I grew up with just my mom. She and I were like best friends. Shes a very independent woman and I admire that about her. In my life, Ive tried to be like that. To be okay with being on my own and being independent. – Emma Roberts
You dont realize how hard it is to live on your own. But theres no mom to do your laundry, and make you dinner and to do things for you, and you dont think about little things like buying paper towels and salt. – Emma Roberts
I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because Im just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything Im doing. – Rachael Ray
I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. Thats why I still love to sleep on couches now. – Alicia Keys
My mom always said, Dont date a guy who thinks hes prettier than you. – Alicia Keys
Weve all seen the mom who devotes all her time and attention to her child and is so hungry for adult interaction that as soon as shes around another adult, shes not paying attention anymore. – Cynthia Nixon
