(111 quotes found)
“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
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Elizabeth Stone
“Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.”
Chanakya
“One in six women of childbearing age already has enough mercury in her body to put a fetus at risk of developmental disorders and learning disabilities.”
Chris Carney
“It's like childbirth. It’s uncomfortable, painful, sometimes bloody, but you’re always being stretched.”
Dr. Howard Tullman
“The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.”
Margaret Mead
“When a child is born, so are grandmothers.”
Judith Levy
“It's indescribable. You hold this newborn, and you realize you've got responsibilities like you've never had before.”
Tom Cruise
“You might laugh when I say this, but I guess it's like your wife having a newborn. You hold it in your hands for the first time and get that exciting feeling to be a father. It's just exciting for us to continue to keep this run going. It can't be any better than this.”
Trent Strickland
“Childbirth is a miracle. No, it's not. . . . It's a chemical reaction, that's all.”
Bill Hicks