“If only Ed Fleming had a mother who gave such sound advice. The manager of Wazoo's, a downtown Denver restaurant, Fleming is a CSU alum who has been darned giddy about the Rams' recent success. So giddy that he donned a necklace made of Pez candies, a red blazer - and nothing else. A few people gaped (some actually set aside their beers), but most ignored Fleming as he strutted like a red-blazered rooster, demanding that all hail the Mighty Naked Beer King.” PeopleIfsHas BeensMadeMotherSoundAdviceKingsRedNakedManagersBeerRestaurantsIgnoredCandyHailDowntownNecklacesDenverGiddyRamsRoostersBlazersPezSound Advice Author:J. R. Moehringer
“Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true” MotherAsksFootballManagersSoccerKill MeChairmanSquad Author:Claudio Ranieri
“I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies.” WritingMightKidsMotherFeetDangerMomDadHusbandDaughterCrisisManagersSoccerFundConspiracyRescueThrillersAbout FamilyCover UpsSidelinesStraight UpHedge FundSoccer Mom Author:Andrew Gross
“We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.” HeartMotherFatherTeacherIndustryRootsWestManagersAustraliaWool Author:Quentin Bryce
“The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.” MenFirstsPersonsLastsMotherNamesHe ManIceManagersShopsBossCreamIce CreamFirst Person Author:Mona Simpson