Mom Quotes - Page 59

I turned to my mom and said, Im going to be a martial arts movie star. She didnt believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.

Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.

LIFE IS JUST A SERIES OF MOMENTS.IF YOU MISS THE MOMENTS,YOU MISS YOUR LIFE

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.

I would have never dreamed that my career would be this successful. I grew up in an average home in Barbados, and we didn't live in the best neighborhood. But I was never aware that we were poor; my mom never made us feel that way. She loved me unconditionally. She made us feel anything was possible and instilled in me such confidence.

"Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm.

Death has such great importance in this society that it affects everything. I learned from my guru that death is not the enemy, I see it as another moment. Yet it's the end of an incarnation and means going on to other incarnations.

Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.

Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.

From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center and summit of their whole life.

Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it stands to reason that we're also responsible for keeping it going in some harmonious manner.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

If God calls me tomorrow I will go without a moment's turning back.

Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.

My mom instilled in me at a young age how important it is to be properly dressed when you leave the house, no matter the time of day. Even if it's 4:30 A.M. and you're heading to the airport, you want to look and feel your best.

Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

I do think that at this moment in late capitalism it is easier in our minds to imagine raising Florida 30 feet to escape the rising seas than it is to regulate capitalism to make it serve human beings.

One Direction's 3D movie has more shirtless moments than you can imagine

You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that that was the only day.

I was not a band geek, per say. But me and my two older sisters played instruments, so I would come home and my sister Dana would be playing the clarinet or playing the piano, and I would play the saxophone, my other sister would be singing, my mom would be singing. I was not afraid to be musical. That was not something that I thought was uncool.

Every single moment, an ignorant discovers an idea that has been known for centuries!