Meryl Streep Quotes

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

Being a Mum is a big job.

Bringing up children always has a bigger role for the mother.

To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.

I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I'm here to play. And that's all I should be.

I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.

Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.

There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.

I believe that at least 70 percent of parenting goes to the mother. In our house, I'm the one who knows about all the school stuff, helps with the homework, organizes the play dates, and remembers the birthday parties.

As we all know, there is no harder or more rewarding job than being a mom.

Babies make you do things for them. They get you up and they get you moving.

I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.

There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

Many men today can cook, or at least order takeout, and know where and how to hire domestic help, perhaps with refreshing clarity and less anxiety than ever-conflicted mothers.

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

I think I'd be a good dad; it would be a pleasure.

Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best.