#moth

I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#care #family #father #i #i think

Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #beyond #climate #coming #consumption

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#because #both #called #catholic #churches

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#after #babies #best #doing #fathers

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#appeared #because #being #big #comforted

Fear is the mother of morality. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#morality #mother

Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that. ↗

— Ann Romney

#i #motherhood #satisfied #totally

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#alcoholics #becoming #big #big family #discussion

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material. ↗

— Jerry Stiller

#father #fighting #figured #i #if i could

Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#believe #day #every #every day #four