Top 11 Maternity Quotes

War is to man what maternity is to a woman

War is to man what maternity is to a woman

War, Men, Maternity

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

Tony Abbott

Government, Body, Maternity

"Big new tax – debate over Abbott's parental leave plan [Transcript]". Uhlmann, C., www.abc.net.au. March 09, 2010.

Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are.

Ina May Gaskin

Care, Rooms, Maternity

Ina May Gaskin (2011). “Birth Matters: How What We Don't Know About Nature, Bodies, and Surgery Can Hurt Us”, p.108, Seven Stories Press

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.

Peter Greenaway

Maternity, Barren, Spinsters

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.

Martin Luther

Law, Maternity, Born

Martin Luther (2017). “Martin Luther's Table Talk”, p.347, Gideon House Books

My maternity leave will be a few weeks long and I'll work throughout it.

Marissa Mayer

Long, Maternity, Week

"So Marissa Mayer will be skipping maternity leave - how very American" by Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2012.

Someone once described “Christian Secularism” as the assumption that there is nothing at all to life except a pilgrimage between the maternity ward and the crematorium, and that it is within that span that Christian concern must be exercised because that is all there is.

Alan Watts

Maternity, Happens

"Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks: 1960-1969".

I'm a full-time mom. I've never felt as prepared, as before maternity.

Vera Farmiga

Mom, Maternity, Prepared

"Vera Farmiga and Executive Producer Kerry Ehrin Talk Bates Motel, Returning for Season 2, Norma’s Possible Love Interest and Plans for Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 2, 2014.

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a great personal scale, had also an un-American genius for grandeur.

Janet Flanner

Art, Genius, Maternity