Preston Sturges Quotes

I am, of course, directly descended from Brian Boru, the last king of Ireland, a fact certified by my mother and therefore beyond dispute. But as everybody else with a drop of Irish blood in his carcass is also a guaranteed descendant of the old billy goat, I am not overly arrogant because of this royal strain.

Preston Sturges

Quotes to Explore

A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.

Jack Hanna
- Reason
- King
- Lion
My mother witnessed the martyrdom of her husband, Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X, on Sunday, February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. My older sisters, Attallah, Qubilah and I were seated with our mother up front and stage right.

Ilyasah Shabazz
- Up
- Mother
- City
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

Yancy Butler
- Family
- Mother
- Theatre
Having a baby had always seemed the easiest and most natural thing to do, and I had never felt - even in my most furtive days of coming out - that being gay would mean I could not become a mother.

Kara Swisher
- Mother
- Gay
- Baby
When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'

Sally Field
- Mother
- Born
- Doctor
The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.

Sabine Baring-Gould
- Up
- Children
- Mother