#mother

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#actually #by the time #earning #father #going

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#convince #did #difficult #finally #get

This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case. ↗

— Albert Claude

#appreciation #case #death #experienced #familiarity

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#enough #homemaker #man #mother #our

Everybody's looking for the niche to make the difference. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#beautiful people #beautiful women #difference #especially #everybody

I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her. ↗

— John Cleese

#anything #did #difficult #had #her

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#common #did #funds #graduated #i

Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you! ↗

— George M. Cohan

#gentlemen #i #ladies #mother #sister

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#about #bottled #could #courage #did

I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#am #been #behind #breast cancer #cancer