#mother

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#before #being #first #gone #had

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are - as women and as mothers. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#choices #comfortable #confidence #critics #easier

Maybe with boxing and good focus, I can fix myself and make my mother proud. ↗

— Amnat Ruenroeng

#fix #focus #good #i #i can

My mother says I was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. I love to talk. I just love to talk. ↗

— Jerry Hunt

#i love #just #love #mother #needle

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

How’s my mom? My mother’s well, like a painting—a Motherwell.
 ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#family #mom #mother #motherwell #painting

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

— Graham Kennedy

#died #go #had #i #jokes

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life. ↗

— Michel Legrand

#all day #alone #already #behind #boring

I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#been #being #better #godmother #grandmother

My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#brother #deal #energy #frustrated #great