• "My mom's passionate and energetic and very funny and enthusiastic." - Eric Stonestreet Tweet
• "I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress." - Chrissie Hynde Tweet
• "My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'" - Alicia Keys Tweet
• "Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense." - Barbara Corcoran Tweet
• "As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids." - Michelle Obama Tweet
• "I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends." - Alexa Vega Tweet
• "Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom." - Jane Smiley Tweet
• "My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother." - Michael Kors Tweet
• "As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty." - Idina Menzel Tweet
• "My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2." - Patrick Rothfuss Tweet