Daughter Quotes - Page 7

• They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.

  Willie Aames

  Heart, Ice Cream, Wife

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• Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

  Vittorio Alfieri

  Silence, Vengeance, If The Shoe Fits

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 707), 1922.

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• It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

  Teresa of Avila

  Love, Mother, Believe

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.25, A&C Black

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• Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

  Francis Bacon

  Mother, Time, Truth

  Francis Bacon (2012). “The Great Instauration”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

  Thomas Friedman

  Mother, School, College

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• It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

  Anne Sexton

  Death, Fathers Day, Dad

  "A Small Journal" by Anne Sexton, 1974.

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• I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.

  William Shakespeare

  Father, May, Merchant Of Venice

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1216, Oxford University Press

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• My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

  Kathleen Turner

  Mother, Father, Diplomats

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• Maybe mom is my alter ego and the woman I'm able to be when I'm working.

  Mary Tyler Moore

  Mom, Mother, Ego

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• I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, "Someday you must meet my mother."

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Mother, Heart, Talking

  Edna St. Vincent Millay (1952). “Letters”

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• Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our home, she was an abundance of love, discipline, fun, affection, strength, tenderness, encouragement, understanding, inspiration, support.

  Leontyne Price

  Beautiful, Mother, Encouragement

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• Angelina is my daughter and I am always wishing her the best.

  Jon Voight

  Mother, Wish, My Daughter

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• For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.

  Alison Lohman

  Mother, Selfish, Challenges

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• I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.

  Tim McGraw

  Inspirational, Basketball, Softball

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• I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Sports, Mother, Reading

  "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

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• I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again.

  Peter Fonda

  Mother, Want, Direct

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• I love turning my daughter on to old movies.

  Susie Bright

  Mother, My Daughter, Old Movie

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• I may be boring, but it would be to wake up by my dog and then my daughter.

  Izabella Scorupco

  Mother, Dog, Wake Up

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• When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It's just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Fitness, Mother

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• The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

  Johnnetta B. Cole

  Mother Daughter, Honesty, Mother And Daughter

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• My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, "Just wait."

  Judy Tenuta

  Success, Mom, Mother

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• I said to Ramona [my daughter] once ... you should never look yourself up on the Internet. It's something I've learned.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Looks, Internet, I've Learned

  "Why Maggie Gyllenhaal never wants her daughter to look herself up online". Interview with Andrea Peterson, www.washingtonpost.com. February 3, 2016.

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• A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

  Agatha Christie

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

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• The older I get, the more I feel.

  Sharon Olds

  Natural Talent, Getting Older, Age

  "Trauma Units" by Stephen Burt, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2002.

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• Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence - that they may be true and faithful.

  Elmina Shepard Taylor

  Faith, Mother, Looks

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