Motherly Impact Quotes

I never would've thought of going on 'Strictly,' I mean, I went on because it's my mum's favourite programme in the world.

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.

I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

I think I kind of grew up with that a little bit and have great admiration for people who do [medical practice] for a living and who are real empaths. So I suppose I drew on - , from my mom a bit.

I am truly my mother's son.

I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.

My mother, who is a Carnatic musician, started a school for children when I was around three, and I grew up listening to her teaching students.

My momma wasn't a weak person and she wasn't a complainer. So I don't wanna be like that.

Every guy has feminine qualities. You're raised by your mother and father, and so you get qualities from your mother and father. I was mostly with my mother, but I think the pictures turned out good. Whatever.

Anyone who knows me knows my mom, Dorcina, has to sign off on any decision and that she will play a major part in any decision.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

My mother was my beauty icon my whole life.

As I've gotten older, my mannerisms are more and more like my mom's. Also, she was an educator - she's extremely passionate about education and children. I guess I inherited that in some way.

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

My position in the family turned out to be a lucky one; I bore neither the brunt of my mother's newness to parenthood nor the force of her middle-aged traumas, as my younger sister, Ruth, did.

I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna.

I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

My mom was obsessed with Joni Mitchell; I grew up listening to so much of her music. But it was never a prerogative to emulate her.

I don't think the way I portray mother's and son's relationships has anything to do with my age or generation. It has to do with what I lived with my own mother and what it's transformed into and the point of view it has given me on mothers and women. The way I was brought up with women. It's all about personal background.

My mother was not without her flaws. She did have a lot of flaws, but she revealed her strength and her flaws equally, and I think that's really important. I was very much influenced by that.

My mum was massively important to everything I've done, and now her memory is a motivational tool for me.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.