The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I've... →
Bryce Courtenay
When people are hungry, when a mother or father is facing a child that they can't feed, you can't ask that family to lay down their arms.
Ertharin Cousin
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this... →
Jacques Yves Cousteau
My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying... →
Stephen Covey
My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of... →
Brian Cox
I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm used to it in a way. If you're classically... →
Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories.
Courteney Cox
You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.
I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
Laverne Cox
My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.