Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me.
For a southern belle, my grandmother was remarkably modern. She threw my grandfather out, for one thing - some kind of argument about bourbon whiskey - shortly after the birth of their third child, and then went back to school to get herself a teaching certificate.
Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring.
Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.
I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.
I grew up in the projects with four older brothers. And there were tough, macho gangsters, drug dealers, killers, and thugs all in my neighborhood. And they were afraid of my mother. So, yeah, I know some strong women.
The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.
My mother, Dr Nalini Dutta. She was and will always be my everything.
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.
My mother is an immensely powerful woman.
My grandmother was the matriarch. If you didn't have a place to stay, if you needed food, if you were just coming out of jail or rehab, you went to her. Watching her in our family and our wider community was what inspired me and still does.
A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.
Last time I was in London, I visited Number 5, Bruton Street, which is the address I gave to Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan in my novels. It was a bit disconcerting to learn that it's actually a pub.
I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.
There is no single individual greater than a mother. They are the great keepers of our society and heads of our households.
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
My mother really was the strength in our family. She would sort of keep us in line and I admired her very much .
Probably the sexiest woman I know is my mother.
Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins, Mothers are the pivot on which the world spins.
Becoming a grandmother is an extension of a woman's personality. It doesn't matter how many times you become one; the excitement is the same.
My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.
Our mother was very strong.
I'm the wife. I'm the mom. I'm the friend. And, you know, my friends call me 'Mama T,' or 'Dr. T,' and that's, guess, what I am - the Mama T and the Dr. T. That's who I am.
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
My nan - she's beautiful. I love my nan.
