#mother

I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#absolutely #any #biggest #did #example

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#control #felt #had #i #mother

My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and they're like, his hair is out of control. ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#control #emails #finds #hair #his

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#bed #child #corrupting #corruption #father

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. ↗

— Gracie Allen

#enough #get #had #half #just

I was a single mother when my child was little. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#i #little #mother #single #single mother

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books. ↗

— Alejandro Amenabar

#books #brother #get #hand #i

At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me. ↗

— Tori Amos

#go #i #knew #me #mother

When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone. ↗

— Tori Amos

#everything #just #mothers #shatter #start

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#could #did #during #grief #i