I used to raise the devil when my father made me practice the flute and my mother made me take piano lessons. — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
When a son is good to his mother naturally he will be good to his life partner and to his next generation… — Subrata Copy Share Image
“She felt a lump form in her throat, and she swallowed hard. She wouldn't have this-the swollen ankles and pink cheeks and… — Sarah Pekkanen Copy Share Image
I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds,… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
The death of my mother permanently affects my happiness, more even than I should have anticipated, though I always knew that I… — Sara Coleridge Copy Share Image
No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future… — Prince William Copy Share Image
For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one. — Eileen Favorite Copy Share Image
My mom is a lioness. From bringing us up to getting work done, she has everything sorted for the family. If it… — Sooraj Pancholi Copy Share Image
Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers,… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
I think about my mother singing after lunch on a Summer afternoon, twirling in blue dress across the floor of her dressing… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Everything I've done was above board, as an actor I wanted to do two things. I wanted to entertain as well as… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
I was born in a part of Tamil Nadu notorious for eliminating the girl child. I was the third daughter born to… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is Viola. She gave me my sense of knowing why, or knowing why… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. — Hoagy Carmichael Copy Share Image
It's a whole nother aspect of this life that most people have no idea about. There's the loved ones, the wives, the… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
I met my birth mother as an adult, but she was always quite vague about my birth father. I knew he had… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John. — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Every time I'm on the red carpet and they ask,'Who's the mother going to be? I always say Hillary Clinton as a… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
Both my parents came from North Carolina, in Warren County. My mother had a feeling that there was greater culture in North… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I wanted to grow up and be the man that my father should have been, and I learned… — Cedric Alexander Copy Share Image
“As a child, my mother told me not to talk to strangers. I did my best to obey. She hadn’t realized that… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
I was raised by a great single mother. I grew up in rural Kentucky, and she's just a really compassionate woman. — Shaun King Copy Share Image
Mother! The only women whose sacrifices are bigger than her expectations, but still dreams for her child success and happiness. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I think we spend a lot of time denying our mothers. We understand other women earlier than we understand our mothers because… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
But I stand here as my own person, as a mother of three, as a former interior minister, state leader, who has… — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Copy Share Image
My daughter comes with me everywhere. I don't leave her behind. But it is hard. I mean, I think any working mother… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
A mother's love is like a circle. It has no beginning and no ending. It keeps going around and around ever expanding,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing that's really kept me on my toes is how my mom would always tell me - it's not the best… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was fifteen because she thought I was a latent homosexual. There was nothing… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I have a deep connection with Mahatma Gandhi, partly because my mother was a very, very staunch Gandhian and brought us up… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?" "Yes." "Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?"… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I like my body so much more now since having my baby. It”s just kind of empowering when you become a mother.… — Nelly Copy Share Image
