Devoted Quote by Carmen Dell'Orefice

When I was young, my mother would not let me get my ears pierced because I used to get into too many fights.

— Kelly Hu

She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from…

— Amy Tan

My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of prudence: she…

— Maria Edgeworth

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this…

— Deshaun Watson

When I lost my hearing, my mom got a deaf mentor to come into the home.

— Millicent Simmonds

My mother was very hard on me when I was a child. I think she was raising me how the world was treating her.

— Erika Jayne

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought…

— Margaret Cavendish

My mother sees things but from the distance; she does not weigh them in regard to my position, and she judges me too harshly.…

— Marie Antoinette

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would…

— Mem Fox

My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.

— Zooey Deschanel

My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did.

— Archie Panjabi

[My mother] worked at thrift stores and she didn't have a high school education. She sacrificed everything she had for me and my brothers.…

— Cory Hardrict