Betty Smith Quotes

'Cake' is a simple, almost traditional and relatable story, that highlights family values and intimate relationship dynamics within a family.

Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.

I'm a family guy. Most important thing in my life by far is my relationship with my wife and my sons, daughters-in-law, and 18 grandchildren. And for me, this is all about them.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son's future are counting on me.

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

Asian parents generally tend to channel their children, especially their daughters, into studying and not sport.

Well let me just say, for a man, a lot of how your approach and you're dealing with women comes from your mom.

My family is everything for me, they're so important - my wife and my son.

My household runs the same way it was with my parents, who were a mother and father with their kids.

There's a lot of truth in family relationships.

Male mastery in marriage is a social illusion, nurtured by women exhorting their creations to play and walk. At the emotional heart of every marriage is a pietà of mother and son.

I've got two older sisters, which I think was the best thing, but also the worst thing. They dressed me up like a girl, but at the same time I think they taught me a lot of what they experienced and what they lived through, and passed that on to me as a young man and influenced how I approached not only women, but people. I got very lucky with the family I was born into. From my older sisters to my mother and father, they're just good, kind-hearted people.

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female.

How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.

I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my dad, and we didn't all watch TV together like we should've, like you hope for, like you've seen on TV, and I wanted to make it for moms and dads and their kids. That was always my goal. And then I wanted to put real things in it. We did a thing about the homeless and won a Humanitas award for that.

A guy who treats his mom well, treats his wife well.

I am a proud mother - that's another reason I love doing any kind of animation. When my son was growing up, if he was watching something animated and I was in it, that was way cooler to him than seeing me in a movie.

Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.

I respect Donald Trump's children. His children are incredibly able and devoted, and I think that says a lot about Donald. I don't agree with nearly anything else he says or does, but I do respect that. And I think that is something that as a mother and a grandmother is very important to me.

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.

You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.