In our house, Mother's Day is every day. Father's Day, too. In our house, parents count. They do important work and that work matters. One day just doesn't cut for us.
Margaret Heffernan
Related Be it Valentine's Day, Father's Day or Mother's Day, I feel all days are reminders of so... RANDEEP HOODA Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn... DEMI LOVATO Mother's Day is a torment if your mother is dead. Valentine's Day is a torment if you don... DAN SAVAGE Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day. JAY LENO Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us. DUANE G. CAREY In the final analysis there is no other solution to man's progress but the day's honest work... CLARE BOOTHE LUCE Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. TIM RICE The 4th Congressional is a rural district where people are proud to put in an honest day's work.... SCOTT DESJARLAIS Teachers do the noble work of educating our children. And we can't thank them enough for the har... DENISE JUNEAU Most days, we don't get to the 'SNL' studio until noon. 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BRENE BROWN Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. HENRI MATISSE It's really all about family, love and the children for me. I work at that every day. CELINE DION I work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio - either a jog, a b... ANA IVANOVIC Day-to-day life is a lot of work. I work a lot on stand-up stuff, and then day-to-day life and, you ... CHRIS TUCKER On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to b... RUSSELL PETERS For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which do... DAN CHAON New Year's Eve to Valentine's Day is our peak season, and in many ways, Valentine's Day ... SAM YAGAN All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never ... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each ... POPE FRANCIS I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was rais... KATEE SACKHOFF Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's ... VINCE VAUGHN Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she... WILL.I.AM It doesn't matter at all for me that I work in hospital or anywhere with limited space. Every da... YAYOI KUSAMA Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year&... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass.... JIM CAVIEZEL In the industrial age and in analog clocks, a minute is some portion of an hour which is some portio... DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on m... NANCY GRACE Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always... ART ALEXAKIS The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not li... PAT CONROY Rome wasn't built in a day. Bob wants us to come out here and work hard every day. Because we have t... EZRA HENDRICKSON Dont count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count. ALICE BLOCH My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day s... AL CAPP Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking toget... JIM HARRISON A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people ... FRANCES O'GRADY If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. CAVETT ROBERT 'Life, Love & Hope' is... 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JERRY SALTZ There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race.... SAVION GLOVER I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife's a ... BEN MARCUS Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day. ALAN RICKMAN We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day... ALEXEI MORDASHOV Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chap... CASSANDRA CLARE No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often... ANNE LAMOTT New Year's Day is every man's birthday. CHARLES LAMB When you're in the day-to-day grind, it just seems like it's another step along the way. But... CAL RIPKEN, JR. Every day is a different day in New York; there's always something new going on. FREDDIE HIGHMORE I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theate... 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MARGARET MEAD Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories,... MARGARET ATWOOD Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children. MARGARET MEAD You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. MARGARET THATCHER I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. MARGARET MEAD Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression. MARGARET MEAD Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's ... MARGARET MEAD Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. MARGARET MEAD Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. MARGARET MEAD If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any ... MARGARET MEAD We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. MARGARET MEAD If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting
values, we must recognize the whole gamu... MARGARET MEAD Is it eradicating evil? Or are we like children, left alone in the house at night, who light candle ... MARGARET WEIS If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. -Margaret Thatcher. MARGARET THATCHER The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied t... MARGARET THATCHER It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marchin... MARGARET THATCHER In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. MARGARET THATCHER Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. MARGARET THATCHER Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and pla... MARGARET MITCHELL Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doi... MARGARET THATCHER Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own ... MARGARET MITCHELL Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells ... MARGARET ATWOOD Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. MARGARET ATWOOD Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it i... MARGARET MEAD Longed for him. Got him. Shit. MARGARET ATWOOD Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. MARGARET MEAD If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you ... MARGARET ATWOOD But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind eve... MARGARET ATWOOD I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed an... MARGARET ATWOOD I wonder which is preferable, to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until yo... MARGARET ATWOOD Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. MARGARET THATCHER If i thought this would never happen again I would die. But this is wrong, nobody dies from lac... MARGARET ATWOOD Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. MARGARET MITCHELL Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic... MARGARET ATWOOD