Comic Quote by Nora Ephron

I drew the same things that most boys drew - airplanes and cars and fire engines. Then later on I discovered comic books, and…

— Floyd Norman

My father had it, my mother had it; we wanted to entertain people.

— Demis Roussos

My mother wanted to be an actress. She wanted to follow her dreams and she never really got a chance to do that. I…

— Mike Colter

“My mother wanted to be Betty Boop. Betty Boop was independent. Betty Boop was sexy. Betty Boop really had her shit together, you know?”

— Chloe Caldwell

My mother wanted to be president of the United States. She wanted to be the first woman president. She was born in 1924. Instead…

— Carol Ross Barney

I mean my mother always wanted us to be individuals. She always instilled that into our brains which was incredibly painful for an adolescent…

— John Rzeznik

All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he…

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

“15. WHENEVER I WENT OUT TO PLAY, MY MOTHER WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING TO BE When I'd come in, she'd…

— Nicole Krauss

My mother never wanted me to focus on my physical self. She always said that beauty is what you do.

— Halle Berry

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that.…

— Erica Jong

Even losing my mother, I wanted my mother. That's who you want instinctually when you're having a hard time.

— Tig Notaro

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

— Linda Lavin