“There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points.” KindTwoMotherSpeechEssentialsSuitsGarmentsBathingBathing Suits Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.” PeopleGivingMotherTurnsGamesTeacherSpeechGiving UpTherapyAutismAuntOne On OneNanniesScience TeacherYaksSpeech Therapy Author:Temple Grandin
“The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.” ChildrenMotherSpeechMannersInclination Author:Herbert Spencer
“When I was a little kid, my mother and I used to watch the Golden Globes and I would dress up and she would get sparkling apple cider and we would make a tray of hors doeuvres and watch it together. And I would get up and make a pretend speech.” LittlesKidsTogetherUsedMotherWatchesSpeechDressesGoldenGet UpApplesGlobesLittle KidSparklingTraysCiderApple Cider Author:Lea Michele
“So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.” MotherReadySpeechDiceBridesmaids Author:Michael Curtiz
“My mother was a single parent, a speech therapist who worked for a company that kept a substantial percentage of the income they billed for her to teach stroke victims in convalescent hospitals to talk again.” MotherParentCompanyTeachSpeechVictimIncomeHospitalsStrokesPercentagesTherapistsSingle Parent Author:Mona Simpson
“We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.” PeopleIfsWayShouldBelieveWarUseMotherLostSpeakNationsPresidentProtectSpeechRaisedHonestlyUsaFree SpeechShut UpPledgeAllegianceBattlefieldsSpeaks Out Author:Phil Donahue