“I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.” MotherSufferingGoes OnGrieving Author:Cheryl Strayed
“When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.” MotherNightAirGoes OnJokesDiedMother Died Author:Graham Kennedy
“When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be like, "Hey, I'm Mike Tyson. My mother and father was in the sex industry." That's the politically correct way to say it, but I would really say, "My mother and father were pimps and whores. This is my life." I could never do that as Mike Tyson. Because I'd feel sorry for myself. But if I could be objective about it and be somebody else, portraying Mike Tyson, saying this story, then it's easy sailing.” IfsWayFeelsStoriesMotherFatherSexEasyStageGoes OnIndustrySorryObjectivesHeyIf I CouldSailingMikeMother And FatherPolitically CorrectTysonPortrayingDoing MePimp Author:Mike Tyson
“In our society mothers take the place elsewhere occupied by the Fates, the System, Negroes, Communism or Reactionary Imperialist Plots; mothers go on getting blamed until they're eighty, but shouldn't take it personally.” MotherFateGoes OnCommunismOur SocietyPlotElsewhereEightyReactionaries Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“I had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and listen to Mozart, and I could just go on with my life the way it was. I was very wrong. It [being a mother] has taught me to be present and to live inside my body rather than in some out-there fantasy world.” WorldWayIdeasWholeBodyWould BeMotherEasySleepFantasyTaughtBabyGoes OnHippieBeing A MotherFantasy Worlds Author:Chiara Barzini
“Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.” FeelsLooksHas BeensSometimesShowsRememberMotherThreeNamesStuffBornTalkingAudienceGenerationsMomGoes OnRaisedFolksAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersPerformingOfficialsGreyBrooksProfessionalismDebutHolliesDiscsTweensExpletivesDuos Author:Skylar Grey
“I have nine children... and one of them is an invalid. Her mother is obliged to take her away in the winter, and when one bird is off the nest, the other has to go on.” ChildrenMotherGoes OnBirdWinterNineObligedNests Author:Melville Fuller
“The Goddess is the Encircler, the Ground of Being; the God is That-Which-Is-Brought-Forth, her mirror image, her other pole. She is the earth; He is the grain. She is the all encompassing sky; He is the sun, her fireball. She is the Wheel; He is the traveler. He is the sacrifice of life to death that life may go on. She is the Mother and Destroyer; He is all that is born and is destroyed.” MayEarthMotherBornSunSacrificeSkyGoes OnMirrorsDestroyedWheelsGoddessGrainTravelerPaganismDestroyersMirror Image Author:Starhawk
“I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. My whole life sort of ended when my mom died. I had to remake it again and be a new person in the world without my mom. It was a very primal rebirth, that time after my mom died.” WorldPersonsWholeMotherSufferingMomGoes OnDiedMy MomWhole LifeGrievingRebirthPrimalRemakesMom Died Author:Cheryl Strayed
“My mom had bought this camera to take classes herself and I remember working with her on it, understanding how the stop-motion [worked], having a high shutter speed and things like that. Long before I picked it up myself, I remember being on a slide at a country club going into the water and wanting my mother to put in on a high shutter speed so she could catch me on the slide without it being blurred. I remember having fun with her: "Let me go on the slide and you'll catch me in motion!" Those are some of the little moments in my artistic making.” LittlesLongCountryMomentsRememberMotherFunUnderstandingWaterClassMomGoes OnLet MeCamerasClubsMy MomSpeedArtisticHaving FunSlidesLet Me GoShuttersCatch MeCountry ClubsLittle Moments Author:Jeff Vespa
“This is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are ... bus drivers. No, they are the bus. See, they're the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey. And the problem is that we keep tryin' to get back on the bus, instead of just lettin' it go.” WayProblemMotherSoundSawsJourneyStupidGoes OnDriversGet BackBusVehicleSopranosBus Driver Author:James Gandolfini
“My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher.” PeopleThinkingMadeAbleSchoolMotherWishParentTeacherWonderfulCollegeGoes OnHigh SchoolHillsAffluentDiplomaExtremityAppalachiaWonderful TeacherHigh School Diploma Author:Dwight Yoakam
“Moths like me die by the thousands every minute. Her work goes on all the same. Glory unto Mother!” MotherDiesMinutesGoes OnGloryLike MeMoths Author:Swami Vivekananda
“Before we make love my husband takes a pain killer. I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was, 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath'. For three years my husband and I slept on bunk beds. I'm a double bagger. Not only does my husband put a bag over my face when we're making love, but he also puts a bag over his head in case mine falls off. It's so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom. My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.” MenYearsLongDoeLightPainFacesMotherFallThreeSexPoorCasesMinesHe ManGoes OnBirthBedHusbandBlameForgottenTiesBagsMy HusbandThree YearsKillersMaking LoveBirth ControlBunkLove My HusbandBaggerBunk Beds Author:Joan Rivers
“I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother for the first time ever. I feel like I've confronted her, and the confrontation goes on.” WantFeelsWritingFirstsBookMotherGoes OnFirst TimeConfrontationOnions Author:James Ellroy
“My role relationship to the event will continue to mutate. My relationship to my mother will continue to change as I revise my judgments of her depending on what I learn about her. It goes on. But I feel no less obsessive about my work and no less passionately committed to the life I have now, but I feel poised inside. Which is a good thing to feel at 48.” FeelsMotherRolesEventsGoes OnJudgmentGood ThingsCommittedObsessive Author:James Ellroy
“I chased every band around the world. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, you name it. I could just go on and on. It was my hobby, my pastime, and my obsession for several years.” WorldYearsMotherNamesGoes OnBandInventionObsessionAround The WorldFrankHobbiesPastimeZappa Author:Cassandra Peterson
“One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother her whole life and made my grandmother seem present even though I never met her. I couldn't imagine how my mom could go on but she did, she took care of us, she worked two jobs and had four children. She was such a good example of how to conduct oneself in a time of grief. When I lost my husband, I tried to model myself as much as I could on her.” ChildrenMadeTwoWholeSeemsCareJobsMotherLostGriefFourImagineOne ThingExampleMomGoes OnMetsHusbandModelsOur ChildrenOneselfMy MomWhole LifeGrandmotherMy HusbandMy GrandmotherBeltsGood ExamplesTwo Jobs Author:Patti Smith
“I had done some commercial work in junior high and stuff - my mother would bring me into the city, and we'd go on these crazy castings. Acting was something I always dreamed of doing... it was my passion when I was young.” DoneYoungMotherPassionStuffActingCitiesCrazyGoes OnCastingMy PassionJuniorsJunior High Author:Chloe Sevigny
“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.” PeopleGivingWellsPhilosophyHelpingLawMotherFatherLosesSupportSunGrowingTreeShareBrotherGoes OnCreaturesLosingSorryGuidanceBranchesI'm SorryGrowing OldIn-lawsTrunksSupport YouNephewNieceSister In LawTree TrunksLife Of Pi BookNiece And Nephew Book:Life of Pi Source: Life of Pi