My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas. Kary Mullis brothercataloguechristmas Change image and share on social
My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards. Rihanna killmothernude Change image and share on social
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way. Ina Garten allowchaoscook share on social
My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg. Gene Tierney longmarrymother Change image and share on social
My mother would organize huge parties for my elementary school classmates. To prepare, she would go back to the bakery in her old neighborhood of Inwood and get special shamrock cookies. Hawaiian Punch was served and we had shamrock napkins. It was a lot of fun. Christine Quinn backbakeryclassmate share on social
My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger! Paul Prudhomme blueboxcall Change image and share on social
My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. Eliza Dushku bringchinacountry Change image and share on social
My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command. Lincoln Steffens captaincommanddignity Change image and share on social
My mother would work 14 hours, and she'd come home, and she'd just get right into cooking... she wanted to make sure my brother, my sister and I had food in our bellies. Michelle Phan bellybrothercook Change image and share on social