“I just clung closer to her and knew the boogeyman couldn't get me, not as long as Mama held me in her arms, not as long as I didn't think about the little girl who had been cut up and stuffed in a trunk -- only a block away from our house -- the one crime that freaked me out when I was still very yo…”— Etta James, amazon.com
“One mother was nurturing while the other was neurotic; one father was missing -- the eternal mystery -- while the other, who wasn't my father but the one I called Daddy, was around. He was a good man who liked his liquor.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“I remember Mama poured me milk and tried to show me how to drink from a cup, but I wouldn't wait. I didn't want to be shown anything. I took the cup and spilled the milk all over me.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“But whose child was I? The question was there when I was born. It's still there. The question haunts me, worries me, troubles my sleep. You wouldn't think it would matter after all this time, but it does. Something deep inside me needs to know.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“I had two mothers, two childhoods, lived two different lives in two different cities. Maybe that's why I became two different people.”— Etta James, amazon.com
“Mama says to me, 'Being an actor is fine, but what are you going to do for a living?' I took my mother to the premiere of The Dirty Dozen and she said, 'It's disgraceful!' I asked her how she liked my role and she said, 'You were ridiculous!'”— Telly Savalas, m.imdb.com
“Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“Mother prepared me to live in the world, but she didn't try to make me into a social being just so I could hang out with other teenagers at the lake, or have pajama parties with other girls. Her eyes were on a bigger prize - giving me the skills and nurturing the talents that would allow me to gradu…”— Temple Grandin, amazon.com
“My mother nearly murdered me over that, then made me live with my father. So I couldn't review my exam notes, which were at home. Because of that, I got beat out of graduating valedictorian by a quarter of a grade point and lost my dream of getting a scholarship to attend Vanderbilt University. It w…”— Bettie Page, latimesblogs.latimes.com
“The School teacher sent home a note with her student.. The note reads, ’Your son is an obedient and bright student, but spends too much time talking to girls.’ Mother sends a note back the following day, 'Please advise a solution. Father has the same problem.'”— Pietkroon, reddit.com
“How incredible...the affection of a mother is for the infant whom she warms in her bosom and nurses and watches over with care, so that she passes sleepless nights, worries continually, and forgets herself!”— John Calvin, amazon.com
“There was a lady with 3 sons, named Rain, Snow and Brick Rain asked his mom, ‘Why is my name ‘Rain’?’ ‘Because a raindrop fell on your head when you were born.’ Then Snow asked his mom, ‘Why is my name ‘Snow’?’ ‘Because a snowflake fell on your head when you were born.’ Then Brick asked his mom, ‘NY…”— chickenstr1p, reddit.com
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”— Honore de Balzac, rd.com
“My mother died two weeks ago and my son hasn’t attended English classes since. I think he’s missing gramma.”— johnnykitd, reddit.com
“A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother? He answered, "Call for backup."”— PineappleMcGee, reddit.com
“Being in a relationship is cool and all but have you ever decided to hang out with your Mom instead of your friends?”— Josh Peck, twitter.com