I never thought about the relationship of my mother, my…

I come from a middle class family, so most of my content comes from home.

— Bhuvan Bam

When I was born, the wisdom was that homosexuality was an illness; that it was caused largely by somebody's mother, and a distorted relationship…

— Andrew Solomon

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

— Bill de Blasio

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.

— Ethel Waters

The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the…

— Aimee Mullins

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.

— Buzz Aldrin

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but…

— Mel Tillis

“My mother was annoyed with me throughout their visit—ostensibly because I wasn’t being a good enough hostess to the cousins, but really because she…

— Claire Messud

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

— Richard Rogers

My mother's whole family had been from the theater, really. Because I grew up in Hollywood, I wasn't that interested in Hollywood. But the…

— Tony Goldwyn

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell…

— Geraldine Brooks

My dad's family comes from the North, and my mother's family comes from somewhere around Carmarthenshire.

— Henry Thomas

Our family had been shattered, but we now are more united, and the remains of my family and the majority of my mother's family…

— Sam Sheppard

I was always a person on my mother's hip in the kitchen. My mom really wanted her kids at her side as much as…

— Rachael Ray

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon…

— Yancy Butler