Mother loosen my tongue or adorn me with a lighter burden

“There are few pleasures which loosen the tongue as much as that of sharing wine, glass in hand.”

— Emile Peynaud

“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. Jewish Proverb (p. 117)”

— Jenny Sanford

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

— Petrarch

The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a…

— William James

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.

— Abraham Lincoln

Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare,…

— Tom DeLay

I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had…

— Rupert Murdoch

When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?

— Horace Mann

One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself…

— Lights

Named after my mother.

— Bonnie Raitt

Being a new mother is a blessing.

— Phaedra Parks

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's…

— Joanne Harris

My mother was strong-willed, demanding, and very supportive all at the same time.

— Michael Spence

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw…

— Elizabeth Taylor