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

If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that this is where the band is based, I would probably move to Iceland.
Peter Steele

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.
Joe Montana

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere.
Linda McCartney

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.
Gloria Estefan

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.
Gloria Estefan

I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother.
Cher

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
Audre Lorde

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Washington Irving

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
W. Somerset Maugham

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
Mariah Carey

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.
Shaquille O'Neal

Education is the mother of leadership.
Wendell Willkie

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps.
Les Dawson

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.
David Rockefeller

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.
David Rockefeller

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
David Rockefeller

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.
David Rockefeller

Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.
David Rockefeller

I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.
Celine Dion