Mother Quote by Dora Okeyo Download Open image ““Nelly's father was rich. Her mother was fabulous. She was reckless.”” — Dora Okeyo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mother Parenting
“That's why she felt entitled to be filthy rich. It explains and excuses a lot. She didn't want money because money was power; she… — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
“Nelly still seemed somewhat untamed. Eliza Powel once told her, "You look as if your clothes were thrown on with a pitchfork!” — Cokie Roberts Copy Share Image
“Whenever his mother was not lying on her back or down on her knees working, she would spend her money getting high.” — Jason Medina Copy Share Image
“We aren't poor," my mother said, again and again. "Because we're rich in love.” — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“His people or Loretta? His mother’s and father’s faces flashed in his mind. Then others crowded in, Blackbird, Pony Girl, Turtle, Warrior, Maiden of… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“My father loved the attention, I noticed. He really was a bit of a fame whore.” — Caitlyn Duffy Copy Share Image
“No wonder he was so sweet and accommodating. His mother was like a damn fairy flittering around bringing goodness to the world in the… — Kate Roth Copy Share Image
“I have looked at my father many times and wondered how he could stand knowing he was my mother’s ruin. He was too weak… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
“It was no wonder that her sons stood tall and straight. She was a rich mine of life, like the foundation of early races.” — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“My dad was born poor, made a fortune during his life, and then died suddenly—murdered by his only son, leaving his vast estate to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“She could feel the emotional wedge between him and his father. It must be very hard for them to work together, she thought. Maybe… — Mike Wells Copy Share Image
“Good, I haven't written anything in two weeks except what I've written in my journal. And that is good? What kind of standards are… — Dora Okeyo Copy Share Image
“My Grandmother says that love is like a bout of diarrhea, it needs neither an invitation nor privacy.” — Dora Okeyo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
(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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My mother was strong-willed, demanding, and very supportive all at the same time. — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
![“That's why she felt entitled to be filthy rich. It explains and excuses a lot. She didn't want money because money was power; she wanted it because she'd been poor, and money cures poverty. [...] But beauty is like money from God. And Mom has always been beautiful.” quote by Sean Wilsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc5/sean-wilsey-39420_beauty_that-s-why-she-felt-entitled-to-be-filth_2397545.jpg)
