(135 quotes found)
“We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child certainly does change her viewpoint of herself and I believe her viewpoint of the world.”
Sameerah Shareef
“My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.”
Joan Rivers
“A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.”
Thomas C. Haliburton
“Childbirth is a miracle. No, it's not. . . . It's a chemical reaction, that's all.”
Bill Hicks
“I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.”
Edward Lear
“My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.”
Elizabeth Taylor
“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last”
Charles Dickens
“The hot, moist smell of babies fresh from naps.”
Barbara Lazear Ascher
“I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.”
Loretta Lynn
“When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.”
Carlos Santana
