Quotes of: Mother-tongue Keyword

I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.

Annie Baker

I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues.

Clayton Christensen

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.

Bryan Procter

'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.

Euripides

Religion is for the intimacy of your heart, not for your tongue and hands to hurt others.

Gabbo De La Parra

Dr. King Schultz: You silver tongued devil, you.

Django Unchained

Hrundi V. Bakshi: Oh, big chief speak with forked tongue.

The Party

Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian.

Alan Garner

He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.

Andrew Lang

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

Nicholas Brendon

Animal Mother: You a photographer? Private Joker: I'm a combat correspondent. Animal Mother: Well, you seen much combat? Private Joker: [sarcastic] I've seen a little on TV. Animal Mother: You're a real comedian. Private Joker: Well, they call me the...

Full Metal Jacket

Mrs. Iselin: Raymond, I'm your mother. How can you talk to me this way? You know that I want nothing for myself. You know that my whole life has been devoted to helping you... Raymond Shaw: [Balls his fists and jams them over his ears] Mother... Mrs....

The Manchurian Candidate

[first lines] Mother: Hello, sweetheart. Bruno: Mum, what's going on? Mother: We're celebrating. Bruno: Celebrating? Mother: Mm, your father's been given a promotion. Gretel: That means a better job. Bruno: I know what promotion is. Mother: So we're ...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Being a mother is not a matter of running through a succession of chores.

What Mothers Do: especially when it looks like nothing

A child fish asks mother fish, 'Mother, why cannot we live on the Earth?' Mother fish replied, 'Dear… it is not the place for fish, it is the place for selfish

Santosh Kalwar

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

Tori Amos

We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.

Joel Kinnaman

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

James Ellroy

Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is, sadly, true. An unhealthy mother's love is withering.

Anne Lamott

I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.

Tracy Morgan