I'm relentless. My mother says I could sell ice to the…

“In a courtroom I can sell ice to Eskimos”

— Michael Connelly

“I take a deep breath and put on my best smile. You could sell ice to Eskimos, my dad always says, and looking at…

— Alecia Whitaker

My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come…

— Julie Schumacher

My mother says to me, when I'm making a new movie, she says, "Oh, is Steve Buscemi in it?" I'd say, "Yeah." And she,…

— Adam Sandler

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with…

— Warsan Shire

“Mother says as th' two worst things as can happen to a child is never have his own way-- or always to have it.…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Mother says she can never stay mad at Daddy no matter how hard she tries. And Daddy says, ' Stay mad! You won't even…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“‎"There is an easy standoff between the two kinds of mother which sometimes makes it hard for us to talk to each other. I…

— Allison Pearson

“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact with actual…

— Olivia A. Cole

“As she looks through the photos, she says quietly, “We had a lot of happy times together. I hope you remember some of them.”…

— Kenny Porpora

“My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.”

— Cynthia Hand

My mother says healers are born, not made.

— Suzanne Collins

“He plants himself right there in front of Craig’s mother and says, “You need to love him. I don’t care who you thought he…

— David Levithan

“My mother always says, buy the outfit and the event will come.”

— SK Quinn

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