#moth

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother. ↗

— Russell Baker

#classic #grandmother #guidance #his #his way

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

Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#contact #his #i #involved #jackson

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. ↗

— Julie Walters

#felt #haunts #her #i #me

I've always stayed really close with my mother and my father. ↗

— Nicole Richie

#close #father #i #mother #really

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#mothers #dating