“ My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how s… Jo Brand
“ Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now. Annie Lennox
“ Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall or recite them when something in a new design or design process is suggestive of what wen… Henry Petroski
“ Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. Michel de Montaigne
“ Dame Barbara Cartland was an endearing eccentric, and when I interviewed her, she wanted me to listen to her dictating to her secretary one of those romantic novels that she turned out fortnightly. Melvyn Bragg
“ It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death. Gertrude Stein
“ My first ever sex scene in a movie was in 'Superbad.' Because I was 17, for legal reasons my mother had to be on the set. It was real awkward, but it worked out OK because when I watched the movie wit… Christopher Mintz-Plasse
“ My mom was essentially a single mother raising three boys. If anyone could have had any reason to give up, it was her. But she didn't, and neither did we. Chuck Norris
“ Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes. Saina Nehwal
“ Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.' Tom Cotton
“ Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered? Angelina Grimke
“ I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be. Twinkle Khanna
“ She always had that about her, the sparkle in her eye, she was unshakeable and what made her so admirable was; her ability to shine bright when no one knew of her pain. Nikki Rowe
“ Mom somehow made it to every one of my graduations - even when it meant she had to travel far away. Rick Scott
“ My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in office. Peter Dinklage
“ With every morsel I ate, I looked into her eyes and apologised for not being able to feed her enough. Her eyes, in turn, apologised for not being able to help me in these tough times. Ashay Abbhi
“ All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. Harriet Beecher Stowe
