#moth

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed. ↗

— Jennifer Tilly

#chew #classy #comic #comic books #dyed

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#deal #enjoyed #great #great deal #had

My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#count #down #father #get #greatest

I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother. When I asked my mother, 'How do I tell people about you?' her answer was, 'Tell the truth'. But of course, the truth is never simple. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#answer #asked #control #course #had

THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#brought #deep #died #event #freighted

So I told Robert from the start that if we couldn't get Charles and Max to take part, but especially Charles, that I didn't want to make the film. So would he call his mother and talk to Charles and see if Charles would at all be interested. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#charles #especially #film #get #his

Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb. ↗

— Jean Arp

#child #fruit #grows #like #man

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played. ↗

— Isabella Rossellini

#chances #forget #lot #mother #people

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#before #behave #her #i #less

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. ↗