#moth

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education. ↗

— John H. Johnson

#believed #education #faith #great #great faith

That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#did #father #first #had #hand

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher. ↗

— Marta Kristen

#born #detroit #father #i #i was born

Naturally, I do things my own way but I'm certainly influenced by my mother's way of doing things. ↗

— Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

#doing #i #i do #influenced #mother

A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#fluent #her #like #mother #only

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#her #i #me #model #mother

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized. ↗

— Martin Short

#concert #criticized #eccentricity #master #mother

I've been wanting to have a baby since I was 2 years old - I'm destined to be a mother. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#been #destined #i #mother #old

My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#i #mother #only #person #scared

My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it. ↗

— Janet Suzman

#doing #foot #mother #never #set