Across Quote by Lee Smith

I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother,…

— John Henrik Clarke

My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse…

— Susan Lucci

My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely…

— Anand Giridharadas

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named…

— Horton Foote

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant…

— John Knowles

My father was a musician, a songwriter and he played at bars and restaurants and my mom was a secretary for an insurance company.

— Pedro Capo

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked…

— Paul Robeson

My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt Dickerson, was…

— John Dickerson

My dad, was, by trade, he had a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He's a huge, huge jazz fan. He used to travel all the…

— Eldar Djangirov

Mum worked in telecommunications and Dad was a mechanic.

— Monica Galetti

My mother - who's from Iowa - owns and runs her own day-care centre, while my father's a developer. And my musical influences, I…

— Keri Hilson

My mom was a professional. My dad and mom met each other in a movie called 'New Faces of 1937.' My mom went under…

— Albert Brooks