#moth

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#family #family tradition #father #heavily #living

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#ago #caused #cute #died #ever

No one is more sentimentalized in America than mothers on Mother's Day, but no one is more often blamed for the culture's bad people and behavior. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#bad #bad people #behavior #blamed #culture

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the street will share her banana with anyone who needs it, whereas in America, people amass and hoard as many bananas as they can to sell for an exorbitant profit. So half of them go bad, anyway. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#amass #america #anyone #anyway #bad

I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician. ↗

— Angela Lansbury

#got #grandfather #great #had #her

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking. ↗

— John Lasseter

#animation #baby #big #computer #could

My mother, who was professional schoolteacher, was particularly concerned about our formal education and even went so far as to start a private school together with some other parents so that our intellectual needs would be met. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#concerned #education #even #far #formal

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#comes #difference #durable #electricity #expensive

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic. ↗

— Ang Lee

#dramatic #everything #goes #her #i

Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#apparently #away #been #i #most