My mother was a great bringer-up of children. My memories are of a sense of security and comfort. Votes: 2
The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed. Votes: 2
Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. Votes: 2
My mother relied on her memory to do things because she couldn't read. Part of that was not really knowing numbers. Votes: 2
Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs. Votes: 2
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Votes: 2
My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot. Votes: 2
My mother wrote poetry when I was young - I have an early memory of the sound of her typewriter - and my father told me inventive bedtime stories. Votes: 2
Scents evoke very, very powerful memories, whether it's the scent of someone that you know and someone that you love, or if it's a meal that your mother made. Votes: 2
I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit. Votes: 2
My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism. Votes: 2
Although both of us were raised on Oahu, in Honolulu, my mother has always had fond memories of Maui; this was, after all, where she and my father, then penniless yet oddly optimistic newlyweds, honeymooned in 1969. Votes: 2
My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and precious. I have lasting memories of those stories because the experience was special. Votes: 2
Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. Votes: 2
Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her. Votes: 2
It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. Votes: 2
My first memory in the world is my gym teacher ripping my mother's necklace off her neck and throwing it out the window and her running downstairs to go after it. I have no memory before that. I was 4. My father had a lot of girlfriends and my mother had a lot of boyfriends. Votes: 2
Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Votes: 1
I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year. Votes: 1
May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks would say. I was eight, and refusing to watch the Queen's Christmas Day broadcast. Votes: 1
A bad memory is the mother of invention. Votes: 0
Last memory of my mother is her being dragged away Votes: 0
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me. Votes: 0
Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance. Votes: 0
Memory for most is a kind of afterlife; for my mother, it is another form of life. Votes: 0
Sometimes it's blood memory... not the blood your mother and father gave you... but that which stretches back two or three thousand years. Votes: 0
I've always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother's meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother's memory through her meatloaf. Votes: 0
My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory. Votes: 0
People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely. Votes: 0
Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us. Votes: 6 Oscar Wilde
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. Votes: 5 William Makepeace Thackeray