AIDS can destroy a family if you let it but luckily for my sister and me Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up be proud of who you are and never feel sorry for yourself.

I like to write and draw and paint and my mom's an artist so I think I get caught up in thinking 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad ' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.

I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.

Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

My mom Irmelin taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

I guess I was a mom so late in life my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.

It's the moms of this nation - single married widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers we're the wives we're the grandmothers we're the big sisters we're the little sisters we're the daughters. You know it's true don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.

My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.

Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

Like all young men I set out to be a genius but mercifully laughter intervened.

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons so that's it - the shop has closed even though I would have loved a daughter.

Remember I'm a doctor's daughter. So obviously I'm interested in all medical things.

I finally got a chance to talk to my daughter from my previous marriage. I just got married May 3 to my beautiful wife but we don't see each other much.

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense.

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.