America Quote by Marco Rubio

My mother emigrated from Russia as a young child. She couldn't speak English and had no education. Her father died at age 32, leaving…

— Dianne Feinstein

My mom came to America when I was six years old, and I didn't live with them until I was ten. They worked really…

— Dania Ramirez

When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me…

— Sonita Alizadeh

When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Certain stories, like my mom leaving when I was 15-years-old to go back to China because she didn't quite assimilate like we did, that…

— Jimmy O. Yang

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart,…

— Lisa Bonet

My father left the family right after I was born, so my mother was working every single day to support me and my brothers.

— Gabriel Jesus

Like tens of millions of Americans, my parents were immigrants. They were poor and did not speak English well. They went to flea markets…

— Ted Lieu

My parents - they tried to become American, they tried to become British, they tried to become Scandinavian - nobody wanted them, anywhere.

— Amos Oz

I grew up with a single mum, an immigrant mum who couldn't speak the language, no money, three kids on her back, coming from…

— Ncuti Gatwa

My mother left when I was ten...My father raised five kids and was there for me every day. I idolized my father and looked…

— Chad Michael Murray

My own mother, my sister and nearly all the women in my family had full-time jobs as mothers. They were wonderful at it. They…

— Janine di Giovanni