Quotes about moth
mother morning phones
There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead. David Mamet
mother conclusion
My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. David Frum
mother children father
I was never the sort of child who believed in "monsters under the bed" or vampires, or who needed a night-light in his bedroom; on the contrary, my father...once laughingly told my mother that he thought I might suffer from a type of benign psychosis called "antiparanoia," in which I seemed to believe that I was the object of an intricate universal conspiracy to make me so happy I could hardly stand it. David Foster Wallace
mother spiritual worship-you
There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship--be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles--is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. David Foster Wallace
mother country betrayal
I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate. David Cronenberg
mother daughter kids
Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is. David Arquette
mother husband appreciate
When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval. David Antin
mother widows chickens
My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer. David Antin
mother degrees needs
I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree. Donatella Versace
mother fashion brother
My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life. Donatella Versace
mother children evil
Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child. Don King
mother sweet memorable
My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie. Douglas Conant
mother daughter mean
There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean. Doug Ose
mother experts rigs
I'd get demolitions experts to rig mother to implode like a skyscraper. Doug Stanhope
mother dark sense-of-humor
My mother was always the one with the dark, really filthy sense of humor. She was a vulgar woman. She used to tell me to do comedy before I even tried it. She was always up for any gag. Doug Stanhope
mother wind lunch
"Close your mouth when you chew." That was my mother's big one.Why do people eat lunch together? I want to eat by myself. Chewing is one of the most revolting things to me. Wind makes me unnerved, too. Doug Stanhope
mothers-day wall fists
Right at the end of the big wall of vibrators, $29.95, big rubber fist. Thirty bucks! Just in time for mothers day. Doug Stanhope
mother abortion trying
You want to help mother Earth? Try sodomy. Sodomy is eco-friendly, and abortion is green. Doug Stanhope
mother men space
You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen. Douglas Adams
mother hamburgers found
Mc Donalds he thought. There's no longer any such thing as a Mc Donalds hamburger. He passed out. When he came around seconds later he found he was sobbing for his mother. Douglas Adams
mother father becoming
One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. Douglas Adams
mother daughter husband
My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights. Dorothea Benton Frank
mother writing house
What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to buy it from the rest of my family and keep the house in the family. That was the only reason I even attempted writing for money. Dorothea Benton Frank
mother who-i-am wife
I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously. Doris Kearns Goodwin
mother pieces stolen
Piece by piece, my mother is being stolen from me. Dorothy Allison
mother dream air
Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother's milk singing to your bloodstream. Dorothy Allison
mother war writing
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. Doris Lessing
mother strokes died
My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies. Doris Lessing
mother brother frustrated
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother. Doris Lessing
mother rights people
Mother's room, and mother's need for privacy become a valuable lesson in respect for other people's rights. Doris Lessing
mother daughter age
If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it. Donna Mills
mother said terror
Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror. Donna Tartt
mother path peaceful-warrior
My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. Donald Freed