Famous Quotes

"A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician."

Emma Bonino on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

  George Washington on Mom

• "The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

More quotes by Emma Bonino

• "The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature."

• "The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature."

• "My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family."

• "I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister."

• "I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic."