Allison Tolman Quotes

My mom is the backbone not just of my family but of many families.

I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating everything in their kitchen.

I've always been kind of a mom. I was out of my house when I was 18, and my friends used to call me 'mother' and 'care unit.'

Mom was very protective of me. Her hands were gentle, and her touch was soothing. She always talked quite a bit, but she was bright and affectionate.

It would be nice to create something that's healing rather than slightly creepy and darkly judgmental!

I took the 'Lee' from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.

One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.

My mother is the most incredible woman on this entire Earth, and she's so giving and loving and sweet and she always raised me how to forgive and forget and move on. She's the catalyst behind it all, my mom is. And I'm 100% a momma's boy!

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

I love every second of being a mom.

I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom?

I take care of everybody. I'm either hugging you or making sure that you're not sick, because my backpack has every kind of medicine in it.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

My wife was born and raised in Italy until she was about 9, and then she came to America, and her mom was a great cook, and they have great recipes, and whenever her mom would come into town, we would have all these friends just randomly showing up at our house, and eventually we figured out why. They wanted Mama's cooking.

My mother was a great bringer-up of children. My memories are of a sense of security and comfort.

There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.

I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

My mother wasn't controlling at all. She was a stabilizing force who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Now it's the big circle game. Taking care of her is a great blessing for me. I'll tuck her into bed, kiss her on the cheek, wipe up the mess on her blouse from whatever she spilled.

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

Being a father is just great. I love every minute - even the rubbish, middle-of-the night stuff.

My grandmother was the matriarch. If you didn't have a place to stay, if you needed food, if you were just coming out of jail or rehab, you went to her. Watching her in our family and our wider community was what inspired me and still does.

I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain.

Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring.