#mother

When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes. ↗

— Graham Kennedy

#died #go #had #i #jokes

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#achievement #children #fail #highly #insist

The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany. ↗

— Friedrich List

#children #crippled #fatherland #germany #i

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#children #express #gypsy #her #how

My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too. ↗

— Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

#anything #children #her #how #i

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone. ↗

— Mike Honda

#always #equal #equal pay #everyone #fairness

Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends. ↗

— Holly Hunter

#become #connected #daughters #deeply #during

Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity. ↗

— Rachel Hunter

#felt #find #had #i #identity

I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ↗

— Michelle Hunziker

#educated #father #german #had #host

I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system. ↗

— Johnny Isakson

#heard #i #last #last night #money