“Connecting with my daughter is the most important thing in my life - the priority. I want to be a man who shows up for her. I want to have such a big influence on her, so that she knows she can call me about anything, which she does.” KnowsMenWantDoeImportantShowsBigsMotherInfluenceDaughterImportant ThingsPrioritiesMy DaughterCall MeConnectingBe A Man Author:Jamie Foxx
“I think of myself as Rebecca Wells from Lodi Plantation, in Central Louisiana, a girl who was lucky enough to be born into a family that encouraged creativity and didn't call me lazy or nuts when I dressed up in my mother's peignoirs and played the piano, having painted a small sign decorated in glitter that read 'The Piano Fairy Girl.” ThinkingWellsEnoughMotherGirlBornCreativityLuckyPianoFairyLazyCall MeNutsGlitterDressed UpLouisianaPlantationsRebecca Author:Rebecca Wells
“Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellows call me Bill!.” MotherFatherNamesFellowsBillsCall Me Author:Eugene Field
“Call me communist, but I think that's something that everyone, regardless of their family's income, has a right to, and I was fortunate enough to have a mother who felt that way as well.” ThinkingWayWellsEnoughMotherFeltIncomeFortunateCall MeCommunist Author:Liev Schreiber
“My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.” StoriesMotherBlackInterestingResourcesSouthLos AngelesCall MeLibrarian Author:Karyn Parsons
“My daughter refuses to call me mother in public; my little grandson calls me Spongeslob Squarebottom, and nobody else ever calls me at all.” LittlesMotherDaughterRefuseMy DaughterCall MeGrandson Author:Joan Rivers
“My mother phones daily to ask, "Did you just try to reach me?" When I reply no, she adds, "So, if you're not too busy, call me while I'm still alive," . . . and hangs up.” IfsTryingStillsMotherAsksAliveAddBusyPhonesCall MeToo BusyHang Ups Author:Erma Bombeck
“I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.” MenMadeMotherPoliticsNamesClearSeriousOughtToughFighterPrizeCall MeRudeComplaintsImpatientNoisyProfaneAssertivenessOverbearingBrashImpetuousMan HaterJewish Mother Book:Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington Source: Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington