“My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer.” ArtWantedSchoolMotherParentDirectorsLocalsCraftsSpiteEngineersAttendingArts And Crafts Author:Leon Jouhaux
“Men are what their mothers made them. You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckabuck why it does not make cashmere as to expect poetry from this engineer or a chemical discovery from that jobber.” MenWellsMayDoeMadeMotherAsksDestinyDiscoveryChemicalsEngineersCashmere Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love.” LightWantedMotherTeacherBrotherDadDecidedArmyMy DadTraditionalMy BrotherUnconditional LoveEngineersMumUnconditionalHousewifeBoxers Author:Anthony Browne