Mother Quotes

The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come.

Amar Bose
- Time
- Bad
- Father
My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading.

Alicia Keys
- She
- Reading
- Theater

My mother and father have been fantastic help and a huge support for me. Like any other family, though, we have our moments, living and working together.

James William Middleton
- Family
- Together
- Help
I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In 20 years, I have taken any number of stories, most of which are not true, without a murmur of complaint. But some stories you have to draw the line and say No.

Jeremy Clarkson
- Children
- Why
- True
You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship. And actually when I left home, home was a restaurant - like I said, my mother was a chef. So I can't remember any time in my life, from age 5, 6, that I wasn't in a kitchen.

Jacques Pepin
- Life
- Time
- Home
I wasn't ready to be a dog's mother! Trust me, I'm completely unfit and irresponsible. I'm a comic that travels 48 weeks a year, but I make it work, so you can, too.

Lisa Lampanelli
- Work
- Trust
- Dog
My mother became a casting director, and she cast me in a soap opera called 'One Life to Live.' I was, like, 8 years old, playing a kid who had hurt himself on a skateboard. I had, like, three lines. I did the lines, and everybody in the studio applauded - I was immediately hooked after that. I was like, 'This is the life for me.'

Christian Slater
- Life
- Live
- She
My mother would take me to Tirumala right from when I was 7 years old. I used to go along with her every time.

Akkineni Nagarjuna
- Time
- Mother