Jayne Meadows Quotes

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

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• I was also the romantic lead in The Boston Strangler - I was the only one that lived to tell the story - so I called myself the romantic lead.

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Myself
  • Story
  • Romantic

• My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Money
  • She
  • Mom

• When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'

  

  Sally Field
  • Mother
  • Born
  • Doctor

• My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.

  

  Gail Porter
  • Home
  • She
  • Mother

• If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.

  

  Nathaniel Parker Willis
  • Mind
  • Love
  • For Her

• My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.

  

  Jack Bowman
  • Heart
  • She
  • America

• For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.

  

  Maiwenn
  • Good
  • Movie
  • Know

• The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

  

  Nancy Friday
  • Children
  • Mother
  • Father

• When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn't go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure!

  

  Cam
  • School
  • She
  • Mom

• She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?

  

  Kaia Gerber
  • Mother
  • Kind
  • Daughter

• Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

  

  Kate Millett
  • Life
  • Mother
  • Me

• I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • Work
  • Mother
  • Connect

• When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.

  

  Vanessa Lachey
  • People
  • Work
  • Family

• But the good news was that my elder sister refused to get married straight away and I couldn't get married until she did so I had the licence to go off and dream.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Good
  • She
  • Dream

• Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.

  

  Laura Fraser
  • She
  • Career
  • Parents

• If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Love
  • Man
  • Woman

• They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.

  

  Owen Hart
  • Mind
  • She
  • Together

• I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Great
  • Mother
  • Father

• And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Mother
  • Hands
  • Kitchen

• The natural gas industry has worked long and hard to smear Josh Fox, the director of 'Gasland,' and has failed.

  

  Jeff Goodell
  • Long

• As an adult, there are technical aspects of filmmaking you understand, like having to pick up a cup on the same line every time.

  

  Brie Larson
  • Up
  • Time

• Employers are looking for individuals who can tell a story about what they bring to a particular company, and people with an understanding of that have a much better chance of getting to where they want to go.

  

  Kathryn Minshew
  • People
  • Understanding

• How strange that they arrive at all, nights on planet earth.

  

  Campbell McGrath
  • Strange
  • Planet
  • Nights

• My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

  

  Jayne Meadows
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  • Mother
  • Angel