#mother

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me. ↗

— Julie Christie

#been #being #brings #good #good mother

I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#came #career #comes #had #i

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#children #doctors #had #her #house

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 would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support. ↗

— Patsy Cline

#been #faith #gone #hadn #i

I think about how best to live my grandmother's twin mantras that 'Life is not a dress rehearsal' and 'Life is not about what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.' ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#best #dress #grandmother #happens #how