Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them. – Ayelet Waldman
Grades were important in our house. I was reading by two. My mom would sit there and read with me, read with me, read with me. It was wonderful. – Fergie
My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. – Travis Barker
My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music. – Travis Barker
My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong. – Travis Barker
I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to. – Padma Lakshmi
When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy! – Brooke Burke
My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father. – Wendy Liebman
We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can. – Ethel Waters
Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me. – Ethel Waters
In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. – Ethel Waters
Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days… or a few months after childbirth. – Richard J. Codey
This is the place where anybody – like an African American kid raised by a single mom – can be president. – Jennifer M. Granholm
You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms. – Marissa Mayer
I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old. – Jennifer Hudson
If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life. – Brittany Murphy
I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem – take advantage of that. – Brittany Murphy
I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house. – Jay-Z
My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me. – Victoria Justice
I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it. – Victoria Justice
