Women’s roles in the movies remain, for the most part, girlfriends, mothers, wives. – Rebecca Traister
We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift. – Rose Schneiderman
Guys don’t like women telling them what to do. It reminds them of their mothers, or something like that. – Shakira
And some of what we’re doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties. – Patricia Hewitt
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it. – Richard Le Gallienne
Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It’s a different way of communication. – Richard Louv
In the ’50s, women aspired to dress like their mothers – this polished, controlled, formal way of dressing. Then all of a sudden in the ’60s, going into the ’70s, they stopped dressing like their mothers. – Robin Givhan
Let’s take care of mothers and infants first, and then let’s see what’s left over for everybody over 50. I’m over 50. If I get sick, I would rather have money spent on children before it’s spent on me. – Richard Dooling
All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It’s an eagerness to please. – Padma Lakshmi
I’ll shout out to James L. Brooks. ‘Terms of Endearment’ always makes me cry. Also, ‘Stepmom’ always makes me cry. I guess, you know, mothers dying. It’s a safe bet that I’m going to cry. – Sarah Steele
I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. ‘Reducing women to mothers’ – now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I’ve heard. – Steven Moffat
I don’t think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they’re black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That’s what we’re upset about. – Toni Morrison
It’s unfortunate that there’s such a disconnect between what’s happening on our legislatures and what the public knows about, the consequences what that means for ourselves, our mothers and our wives. – Sandra Fluke
After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me. – Tracey Gold
I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk. – Tyra Banks
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family. – Sheri L. Dew
There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves. – Tina Brown
Investing in girls can actually move the needle in communities… and can actually benefit boys, because girls are the mothers of boys. – Soledad O’Brien
I think mothers get a raw deal in American culture, so I’ve been defending them. I have three daughters, and I know that as they become mothers, they got a lot more gentle towards me! – Tyne Daly