My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.
~ Angie Dickinson
Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life.
~ Ronnie James Dio
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
~ Ludwig Van Beethoven
First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.
~ Karen Decrow
I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil, Mabel, has ripened into a far deeper feeling than that of mere friendship. In fact, I know that I have learned to love her very sincerely.
~ Alexander Graham Bell
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
~ Charles Lamb
Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen.
~ Sam Houston
Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive.
~ Jennifer Chiaverini
When I moved out of my mom's house at 18 I was almost as sad to leave her sewing machine behind as anything else.
~ Beth Ditto
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.
~ Sherilyn Fenn
My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.
~ Angie Stone
I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.
~ Adam Sandler
My mom knows pretty well how I see her.
~ Lena Dunham
My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes.
~ Allison Williams
We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.
~ Frank Ocean
My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.
~ Gillian Jacobs
My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin.
~ R. Kelly
My mom's an angel, bless her heart, for everything I put her through.
~ Brantley Gilbert
Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.
~ Gabby Douglas
We grew up devout Catholics, so my trips to San Juan always include going to the churches that we used to go to and lighting candles and everything. Everything I do in San Juan is what I used to do with my mom, kind of as a tribute to her.
~ Cristela Alonzo
I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
~ Florence Griffith Joyner
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
~ Harold Macmillan
I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
~ Adam Levine
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
~ Jim Bishop
Pamela Anderson Lee released a statement confirming that she has had her breast implants removed. Doctors say that Pamela is doing fine and that her old implants are now dating Charlie Sheen.
~ Conan O'brien
A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.
~ Clare Boothe Luce
I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire.
~ Toni Braxton
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.
~ George Combe
Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
~ Daniel Boone
The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.
~ James Montgomery
Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
~ Samuel Lover
The coolest part about seeing a girl wear something comfortable is the smile that you can just feel coming through from inside her.
~ Kellan Lutz
The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them.
~ Matthew Mcconaughey
I personally think Prague is more romantic than Paris. If you have a girlfriend, take her there.
~ Stephanie Sigman
I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
~ Orlando Bloom
I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.
~ Steve Carell
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
~ Margaret Mead
Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.
~ Alice Foote Macdougall
I find a lot of poetry very disappointing, but I do have poets that I go back to. One book of poetry that I'd like to mention is 'The Exchange' by Sophie Cabot Black. Her poems are difficult without being too difficult.
~ Billy Collins
Anger has been a really big deal for women: how can we express it without feeling that, as the physically weaker sex, we won't get killed. The alpha-woman was burned at the stake and had her head chopped off in days of old.
~ Alanis Morissette
