“Their educations ended with high school - my father going to work as a clerk and then salesman in a company dealing in printing and stationary, and my mother working as a secretary and then bookkeeper in a firm of wool merchants.” SchoolMotherFatherCompanyHigh SchoolFirmSecretaryGoing To WorkPrintingSalesmanMerchantsClerksWoolStationaryBookkeepers Author:Martin Lewis Perl
“There's a whole generation of young people who are faced with the so-called 'jobless recovery.' Necessity is the mother of invention. They are out there, all around the world, creating new companies.” PeopleWorldWholeYoungMotherCompanyGenerationsCreatingInventionRecoveryAround The WorldJoblessNew CompanyNecessity Is The Mother Of Invention Author:Don Tapscott
“For most mothers, vaccinations become a matter of faith - faith in pharmaceutical companies, faith in public health officials - and I think there's been an erosion of faith.” ThinkingMatterMotherCompanyOfficialsPublic HealthPharmaceuticalErosionVaccinationsPharmaceutical Companies Author:Paul A. Offit
“I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and then there's the other one.” ThinkingTwoBookMotherCompanyShapesShipsAuditors Book:Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond Source: Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond
“I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.” LittlesRealKidsMotherActorsCompanyTheaterActressesLittle KidCubaDefaultMiamiLike Her Author:Yul Vazquez
“Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings? Ah, who is this lady fine? The Vine, boys, the Vine! The mother of the mighty Wine, A roamer is she O'er wall and tree And sometimes very good company.” SometimesMotherCompanyBoysTreeWallFineHundredWineVery GoodRingsVinesGood Company Author:Bryan Procter
“There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood and afterward depositing their bodies in the water companies' reservoir, you will gain much unpopularity in the neighborhood of your crime, and even robbing a church will get you cordially disliked, especially by the vicar. But if you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human creature can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.” IfsHumansMayBodyYoungMotherDesireWaterChurchCompanyBloodAchieveCrimeBabyColdCreaturesGainsHatredShameMethodFellowsDearVariousCupsNeighborhoodScornDrainsReservoirsRobbingDregsVicarsYoung MotherIgnominy Book:Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“I believe in one secret and ineffable Lord; and in one Star in the Company of Stars of whose fire we are created, and to which we shall return; and in one Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, in His name Chaos, the sole viceregent of the Sun upon the Earth; and in one Air the nourisher of all that breathes. And I believe in one Earth, the Mother of us all, and in one Womb wherein all men are begotten, and wherein they shall rest, Mystery of Mystery, in Her name Babalon.” MenBelieveEarthMotherFatherNamesI BelieveStarsSecretCompanyLordSunFireAirMysteryReturnChaosI Believe InBreatheSoleWombIneffable Author:Aleister Crowley
“I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from.” PeopleSaidWantedMotherFatherCompanyClassFiveTeacherYeahPerformersInsurance CompaniesDance Class Author:Jennifer Lopez
“If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel to work there? It's going to eat you up. It might last a few years, but it doesn't attract the best people, and it certainly doesn't create the energy and engagement you need to be a long-term performing company.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsYearsLongMightLastsMotherEnergyTermCompanySellsPerformingLong TermEngagementInsurance Companies Author:Paul Polman
“My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.” PeopleFirstsHardMotherFatherStarsParentCompanyPlayerHard WorkIntegrityInternationalNbaSecretaryNba PlayerAll Stars Author:Brian J. White
“My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.” MotherParentCompanyTeachSpeechVictimIncomeHospitalsStrokesPercentagesTherapistsSingle Parent Author:Mona Simpson
“I see a lot of damage to Mother Earth. I see water being taken from creeks where water belongs to animals, not to oil companies.” EarthMotherWaterAnimalCompanyTakenOilDamageMother EarthCreeksOil Companies Author:Winona LaDuke
“Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.” IfsWayChildrenRealityMotherPoliticsStrongJusticePoorCompanyFamilyFivePlansRiskGenerationsPolicyHealthMetsEqualEthicsResourcesHuman RightsIdeologyDisabilityEqual RightsConstituentsInsurance Companies Author:Nancy Pelosi