“A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.” MenYearsMotherWomenBoysMinutesMomFoolTwentiesFoolishFoolishnessMothers DayAprilFooledFather SonAnother WomanPranksFools And FoolishnessFoolish ManApril Fools DayApril FoolsFools DayFunny April Fools DayFunny April Fools Author:Robert Frost
“I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.” MenYearsEnoughCharacterRememberSpiritMotherFeltCompassionMinutesHe ManMetsEssenceBlessedIncrediblesPrivilegeCharmWarmthPopeHis LoveCharismaJohn PaulPope John Paul Author:Cary Elwes
“But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!” WantedMotherSportsWaitingMinutesCoachesGet UpBreakfastConvincingSkating Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“I have my mother's hips. The minute I eat it, it ends up on my hips.” EndsMotherMinutesHips Author:Robert Herjavec
“As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.” ChildrenHappensMotherGrowing UpGrowingMinutesTelevisionDramaMountainBunchDancerVillageEstatesGreyHousingSwissSingle MotherBollywoodChildren Growing UpYorkshireGrowing ChildrenSari Author:Simon Beaufoy
“What writing ROOM taught me was that I know exactly how to be the perfect mother, but I'm not willing to do it for more than ten minutes at a time.” KnowsWritingMotherPerfectRoomsMinutesTaughtWillingTen Author:Emma Donoghue
“A lot of women want to be married and have kids one day, but before we get there, it's so important to establish who you are, find yourself, and live in that for a minute before you become somebody's wife and mother.” WantImportantKidsMotherWifeMinutesOne DayMarriedWho You AreFinding YourselfBeing MarriedWomen WantWives And Mothers Author:Sevyn Streeter
“I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30 minutes ahead. She was never late. And she was beloved by all. Punctuality matters. Shows respect for others. And excellence within yourself. Be great today. Please.” YearsMatterShowsHomeTodayMotherMinutesPleaseLateRespectExcellenceClockBelovedRecallsRespecting OthersPunctualityShow Respect Author:Robin Sharma
“I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.” ThinkingMindMotherSoundMinutesStageCryQuietMethodActressesBlank Author:Shirley Temple
“I was brought up Catholic. My mom brought us to mass every Sunday - short for 'massive head trauma' that you get from your mother punching you in your little nine-year-old head every minute because you can't sit still for anything that's boring.” YearsLittlesStillsMotherMinutesMomMassCatholicBoringMy MomTraumaNineSundayMassiveNine YearsPunching Author:Richard Jeni
“I always wondered if those WWJD bracelets worked, so I bought one the other day. Well, a few minutes later, I was on a plane and this little kid was kicking my seat repeatedly, while his sister sang along with her walkman and their mother just sat there. I almost turned around and went off, and then I caught sight of my bracelet. What would Jesus do? So I lit them on fire and sent them all to Hell.” IfsWellsLittlesKidsMotherJesusHellFireMinutesSightCaughtPlanesSatSeatsLitLittle KidKickingBracelet Author:Daniel Tosh
“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
“I worked every waking minute, nights and weekends, in order to make enough money to buy those summers off, and even then we wouldn't have made it except that my mother helped out with a yearly check and my father bought me a car when my old one die” MadeEnoughMotherNightOrderDiesFatherMinutesCarSummerChecksMade ItWakingWeekend Author:Debra Dean
“The European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity. Now she's the mother, above all, and we must give her all this time.” GivingChildrenProblemMotherMinutesIdentityAssuming Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“My father was brought to this country as an infant. He lost his mother as a teenager. He grew up in poverty.Although he graduated at the top of his high school class, he had no money for college. And he was set to work in a factory but, at the last minute, a kind person in the Trenton area arranged for him to receive a $50 scholarship and that was enough in those days for him to pay the tuition at a local college and buy one used suit. And that made the difference between his working in a factory and going to college.” KindPersonsMadeCountryEnoughSchoolLastsUsedMotherFatherLostDifferencesPayClassPovertyMinutesCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAreasLocalsSuitsTeenagerFactoriesInfantScholarshipNo MoneyLast MinuteTuitionGoing To CollegeKind PersonHigh School Class Author:Samuel Alito