Quotes of: Mother-tongue Keyword

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

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

Frances O'Grady

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.

Hillary Clinton

I obviously have a great love and appreciation of jewelry, thanks to my mother, much to the dismay of both my father and my boyfriends.

Ivanka Trump

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.

Mary Wesley

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

Rose Kennedy

My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'

Randy Pausch

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

Amnat Ruenroeng

I was reading William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, dressed in my witch outfit! And you know what? It was a really good mix; it was a therapeutic mix.

Helena Bonham Carter

I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.

Kate Bush

My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery.

Margaret Cavendish

I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.

Rachel Cusk

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.

Stephen Pagliuca

My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.

Yvette Clarke

I grew up in a house full of faith, and my mother died when I was a little girl, and I found comfort in my faith.

Roma Downey

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

Paul Simon

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

Denzel Washington

Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

Ezra Taft Benson

I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'

Fetty Wap

I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that.

Alexandra Kerry

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

Carol Ann Duffy