“When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy.” KidsMotherPartyCrazyVerbs Author:Dennis Miller
“As my own father was sick, and miserably tied to his invalid's chair, he would have been abandoned had not an old servant performed for him a so-called service of love. My mother gave parties while he was perishing in solitude, and amused herself while he was suffering bitter agonies” Has BeensMotherSufferingFatherMy OwnPartySolitudeSickBitterServantChairsAbandonedTiedAgonyAmusedPerishing Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.” MindChildrenSchoolMotherPurposeNextPartyIdealsSoldierOpeningBordersNext DayClosingSystematicCastroPurpose Of Education Author:Gloria Estefan
“It was while Princess Margaret was attending a high-society party in New York that the hostess asked her politely how the Queen was keeping. "Which one?" she is reported to have replied with her typically razor-sharp wit. "My sister, my mother or my husband?” MotherPartyNew YorkHusbandWitQueensMy HusbandMy SisterPrincessRazorsAttendingHostesses Author:Princess Margaret
“What had I expected of the first child? Everything. Rocket scientist. Neurosurgeon. Designated hitter. We talked wisely at cocktail parties about the sad mistake our mothers had made in pinning all their hopes and dreams on us. We were full of it.” FirstsChildrenMadeDreamMotherPartyMistakeScientistExpectedRocketsCocktailsHopes And DreamsCocktail PartiesNeurosurgeonsDesignated Hitter Book:Living Out Loud Source: Living Out Loud
“My father said he was going to write to the Jinzhou City Party Committee asking for permission to 'talk about love'...My mother supposed it was a bit like asking permission from the head of the family...the Communist Party was the new patriarch.” WritingSaidMotherFatherBitsPartyCitiesAskingChinaCommunistPermissionCommitteesCommunist PartyPatriarchAsking Permission Author:Jung Chang