#moth

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother. ↗

— Anzia Yezierska

#because #equal #free #get #girl

My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#country #did #literally #mother #store

If my mother knew I did this for a living, she'd kill me. She thinks I'm selling dope. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#dope #i #kill #knew #living

My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#drinks #eighty #glasses #grandmother #need

Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me. ↗

— John Lithgow

#me #milk #mother #shakespeare

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#had #i #inside #invisible #making

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#bike #breakfast #dinner #even #family

My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#first #get #going #help #i

Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#children #cynthia #i #love #mother

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#barry #dating #i #knew #lulu