Famous Quotes

"My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail."

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

  George Washington on Mom

• "The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

More quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

• "If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone."

• "Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever."

• "While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors."

• "To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form."

• "Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else."