#mother

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. ↗

— Petrarch

#disgust #mother #sameness #variety

You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and he'd be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasn't serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

#back #convincing #dating #else #father

Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather. ↗

— Dan Rather

#big #came #country #entire #entire country

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband. ↗

— Little Richard

#always #be strong #because #feet #felt

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations. ↗

— Ann Richards

#could #entertainer #expectations #going #had

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#am #angel #hope #i #i am

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.' ↗

— Lela Rose

#came #cooking #dishes #ever #i

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. ↗

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

#her #how #improvement #matter #middle-aged

I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not. ↗

— Nia Long

#after #brian #going #i #me

I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#anything #been #being #follow #good