Amused Quote by Jane Smiley

Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them…

— Rickie Fowler

It scared my mom to death when all my friends started driving. She always told me she wanted me to drive, but I think…

— Miranda Cosgrove

I remember learning to drive on my dad's lap. Did you guys ever do that? He'd work the brakes. I'd work the wheel. Then…

— Garry Shandling

I was flying with my brother, and he challenged me to work out on the airplane. He thought it was funny - and I…

— Izabel Goulart

I was constantly trying to make my family laugh and my parents laugh. It's just something that always felt natural to me. And then…

— Natasha Rothwell

When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded…

— Mark Twain

It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because…

— Helen Keller

That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her…

— Tony Wilson

I never got to be in the driver's seat of my own life," she'd wept to me once, in the days after she learned…

— Cheryl Strayed

In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me…

— Sue Townsend

Making people laugh was the only thing I ever truly excelled at. But at home, I was so quiet with my family, which taught…

— Ali Wong

When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree…

— Andie MacDowell