#moth

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#cotton #domestic #education #had #leave

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#aside #become #been #break #career

I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#ballet #because #chaplin #everything #films

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity. ↗

— Roberto Benigni

#am #because #childhood #farmer #father

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress. ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

#after #between #difficult #grandmothers #i

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ↗

— Milton Berle

#evolution #hands #how #mothers #only

I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar. ↗

— Barbara "Cutie" Cooper

#food #grandmothers #humor #jewish #food

I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her. ↗