Quotes of: Better-mother Keyword

I never thought to ascribe my mother's emotional and physical exhaustion to the lack of a husband and father; rather, I ascribed it to my existence. In other words, I grew up learning the exact opposite of what Eisenhower was taught. I learned that i...

Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation

I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways ...

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the different ways we leave people in this world. Cheerily waving good-bye to some at airports, knowing we'll never see each other again. Leaving others on...

The Joy Luck Club

And now at the airport, after shaking hands with everybody, waving good-bye, I think about all the different ways we leave people in this world. Cheerily waving good-bye to some at airports, knowing we'll never see each other again. Leaving others on...

The Joy Luck Club

The boy in the tree sobs uncontrollably when I tell him about the Hermit and my mother, yet his eyes light up each time I mention Hannah. And every single time he asks, “Taylor, what about the Brigadier who came searching for you that day? Whatever...

On the Jellicoe Road

The very next day, we were told that Abigail had had a massive stroke. She was alive, but the woman we had known had vanished. She did not know where she was or who she was. The alarm clock had gone off. The very old languish and die. We know that, b...

The Summer Without Men

Too many poets act like a middle-aged mother trying to get her kids to eat too much cooked meat, and potatoes with drippings (tears). I don't give a damn whether they eat or not. Forced feeding leads to excessive thinness (effete). Nobody should expe...

Frank O'Hara

Daughter, I want you to form the most intense, loving relationship with yourself. Only then will you realize your capacity for kindness and emotional expansiveness. Daughter, after you have formed this relationship with yourself, I want you to love o...

Diriye Osman

Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of having a strong testimony, living the principles of the gospel, loving home, wanting to be a mother in Zion, a...

Ezra Taft Benson

Scarlett: Atlanta! Mammy: Savannah would be better for ya. You'd just get in trouble in Atlanta. Scarlett: What trouble are you talking about? Mammy: You know what trouble I's talkin' 'bout. I's talking 'bout Mr. Ashley Wilkes. He'll be comin' to Atl...

Gone with the Wind

Ruth: Will the lifeboats be seated according to class? I hope they're not too crowded. Rose: Oh mother, shut up! Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats. Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are going to ...

Titanic

The art world has become the R&D department for so much fashion and music, so knock-offs are getting better and better.

Marco Brambilla

I really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

Kevin Dillon

In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.

Michael J. Fox

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

John Kasich

Stop waiting around for your life to get better and start getting better with your thoughts, decisions and actions.

Edmond Mbiaka

Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.

Benicio Del Toro

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

Warren Buffett

I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.

Helmut Jahn

Some things work better as a book, some things work better as a story, some things works better as a film.

Jonathan Nolan

All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.

Doctor Zhivago