well, I haven't heard from you since you went to pick up…

The fountain has not played itself out, the Flame still shines, the River still flows, the Spring still bubbles forth, the Light has not…

— R. D. Laing

It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is told in…

— Gregory Maguire

Dad was a longshoreman, a docker, and my mother scrubbed pub floors.

— David Essex

I used to be a longshoreman. I didn't go to college. I have a voice that when I say something, it can sound way…

— Artie Lange

My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.

— Jimmy Iovine

My dad was a longshoreman in the Port of Miami. Tough job. I worked down there in the summer once. One day. Never again.…

— Nick Ferguson

Named after my mother.

— Bonnie Raitt

Being a new mother is a blessing.

— Phaedra Parks

I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story.

— Rob Burrow

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

The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the…

— Kim Alexis

(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

Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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