Arca Quotes

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.

I'd make a good friend, not mother. I'm too selfish. I think a lot of mothers are selfish and they end up having children, but I don't want to put some small tiny person through that.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

Mothers are so awesome. They do so much. They wear so many hats and have very passionate relationships with their kids, and with life, and I think it's a real balance having your own existence and then being this responsible, kind of loving person in someone else's life or several other people's lives.

I'm not the kind of person who needs to be a mother no matter what. Life brings you people. Maybe I'll nurture someone who's not my child, like a friend, or an actor I'm working with who needs some love.

My mom raised me.

Being a king, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be.

I'm not a good mother at all.

Motherhood informs my work 100 per cent.

I'm not a perfect mom, but I'm perfect for my kids.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.

Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.