My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person. – Ursula Burns
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. – Winston Churchill
When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl. – Tom Douglas
Strangely enough, I don’t mention my sister too much in my columns because she nags me and says, ‘Don’t make me look foolish. Don’t write nonsense about me. Don’t make jokes about me.’ – Twinkle Khanna
My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and bread crumbs. – Yotam Ottolenghi
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings. – Victor Hugo
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance. – Sally Field
An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes. – Victor Kiam
