Guy Johnson - My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

Lady Bird Johnson - Where flowers bloom, so does hope.

Erica Jong - My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

THE MIZ - I will let my daughter do whatever her heart wants. I will support her and guide her and give her all the knowledge that I have because I want her to succeed in whatever she loves.

Amy Harmon - I would remember how I had wanted her and hated her and wished she would leave me alone and never let me go. And I would miss her.

SAQUON BARKLEY - Every day is Father’s Day to me when I’m with her: when I’ll be able to hold my daughter and see her grow and see her smile. That’s Father’s Day to me every day.

I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. - Huey Newton

Barbara Delinsky - Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.

Ben Platt - I had a 'Cats' phase, where I did lots of overturned furniture and trash cans. I asked for a fog machine for my birthday.

Mark Anthony - And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.

Neil Gaiman - Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, from unkindness and fear.

John Milton - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye. In every gesture, dignity and love.

Helen Claes - What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.

Trea Turner - My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday.

Rosa Parks - I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be and wanted other people to be also

Maureen O'Hara - John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

Sam Levenson - It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'