Mom Quotes - Page 106

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.

I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.

Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.

What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose?

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.

Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.

I want my mom to be able to wear my clothes, I want my older sister to be able to wear my clothes, and the people in my life aren't necessarily built like I am, you know? They're built in a million different beautiful bodies, shapes, and sizes, and so why would I exclude anybody from being able to have it? This is the point.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

The best moments in my life are just before going to bed. Those are my happiest moments.

It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time.

They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea, He wields a mighty sceptre, O'er lesser powers that be.

Be methodical if you would succeed in business, or in anything. Have a work for every moment, and mind the moment's work.

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.

Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we fear ourselves! Until then we have not lived.

I'm good where I am at this moment.

Destiny is not preordained. Destiny is ordained totally by you. Every single moment of your NOW existence is the result of your previous thought. The idea that everything is already laid out for you in advance is a hallucination. You can and do manifest your own destiny.

For we think back through our mothers if we are women.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.

It's a mission for me to make sure that philanthropy doesn't feel like a vintage hand-me-down from mom or dad. I want people to feel compelled to do something positive because they just love it, they're excited about it, and it's cool.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.