Pregnant Quotes - Page 16

• The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution.

  Emile Zola

  Ordinary, May, Revolution

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• Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

  Sara Gruen

  Dog, Horse, Elephants

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.296, Hachette UK

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• Women's lib, Frannie had decided, was nothing more nor less than an outgrowth of the technological society. Women were at the mercy of their bodies. They were smaller. They tended to be weaker. A man couldn't get with child, but a woman could---every four-year-old knows it. And a pregnant woman is a vulnerable human being. Civilization had provided an umbrella of sanity that both sexes could stand beneath.

  Stephen King

  Sex, Children, Men

  Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.608, Hachette UK

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• How did you hear about that?' 'Are you kidding me? So far, I had that runt Kyle-' 'I hate him. I hate all vamps. That complete toad, Michael-' '-tell me you were pregnant by a vamp-' 'kidnnaped me and-Kyle said WHAT?' 'and then a member of the Domi shows up and informs me-' 'The Domi sent someone HERE?' '-that you're actually pregnant by the late king of the Fey.' 'Late?!' Heidar squeaked.

  Karen Chance

  Kings, Hate, Fey

  Karen Chance (2008). “Midnight's Daughter”, p.278, Penguin UK

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• Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, "Listen, you're not pregnant." I said, "Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.

  Wanda Sykes

  Jobs, Exercise, Doctors

  Wanda Sykes (2004). “Yeah, I Said It”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

  Jill Scott

  Girl, Lucky, Grew Up

  "I'm a little wounded, but I feel my mojo and I like it". Interview with David Peschek, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2007.

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• Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.

  Bernie Sanders

  Senior, People, Special

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

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• I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

  Loretta Lynn

  Pregnancy, Nervous, Poor

  Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage

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• I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out.

  Taryn Manning

  Lying, Real, Pregnancy

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• I always felt, even before I got pregnant, that it's better to accentuate your curves. A lot of women try to tuck their butt in or kind of slouch because they're trying to hide. Obviously, you can't suck it in, but it's important to really show off the belly.

  Marisa Miller

  Curves, Trying, Important

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• I'd heard that swimming feels so good when you're pregnant, and I love being in the ocean. I was even paddle boarding up until 17 weeks, but then my center of gravity and balance were completely off.

  Marisa Miller

  Ocean, Swimming, Balance

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• When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.

  Yoko Ono

  Careers, Nine, Months

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• Also, this is what a pregnant Busy Philipps does in her free time, I'm taking master fondant cake decorating class with Anna from 'Ace of Cakes' at Duff's Charm City Cakes. It's, like, 4 three-hour classes.

  Busy Philipps

  Cake, Class, Cities

  "Busy Philipps: Reality Show Wunderkind". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. January 22, 2013.

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• When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.

  Amy Poehler

  Giants, Comedy, Sombreros

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• When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'

  Natalie Portman

  Mom, Teacher, Husband

  "The Late Show with David Letterman", www.oocities.org. November 24, 1994.

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• Art is to be admired rather than explained. The jargon of these sculptors is beyond me. I do not precisely know why I admire a green granite, female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner.

  Ezra Pound

  Pregnancy, Eye, Squares

  "Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts".

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• I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

  Robin Wright

  Pregnancy, Example

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• True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.

  Jack Kornfield

  Individuality, Void, Emptiness

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• For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused by germs which loved nothing so much as a mucous membrane.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Baby, People, Analogies

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• Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.

  Charles de Lint

  Lying, One Day, Rabbits

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• Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.

  Wernher von Braun

  Baby, Science, Nine

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• Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You crave other things. A big thing of water sounds great!

  Jessica Simpson

  Mom, Mother, Giving Up

  "Motherhood Quotes from the Pages of ELLE". www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.

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• Suddenly she was here. And I was no longer pregnant; I was a mother. I never believed in miracles before.

  Ellen Greene

  Inspirational, Mother, Baby

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• It showed nothing. I'm not pregnant.

  Mikael Samuelsson

  Hockey, Nhl

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• One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle.

  Natalie Portman

  Motherhood, Miracle, Mystery

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