Mother Quotes

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

Zoe Wanamaker
- Great
- Father
- Strong
'Gansey's partying with his mother,' Ronan said. He smelled like beer. 'And Noah's fucking dead. But Parrish is here'

Maggie Stiefvater
- Mother
- Beer

I like being a mother.

Amanda Abbington
- Mother
My name is Frances Louise McDormand, formerly known as Cynthia Ann Smith. I was born in Gibson City, Ill., in 1957. I identify as gender-normative, heterosexual, and white-trash American. My parents were not white trash. My birth mother was white trash.

Frances McDormand
- American
- Parents
- City
My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.

Karolyn Grimes
- Mother
- Die
- Alzheimer
I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

Jeremy Clarkson
- Children
- Why
- Mother
My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

Chesley Sullenberger
- Reading
- Learning
- Teacher
'Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case – which didn’t exactly fill me with confidence.'

Tamsin Greig
- Country
- School
- College