I never had, like, a nanny that took care of me. My mom always fed me breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.

Give me good mothers and I will give you a good nation.

Everyone carries within himself an image of womanliness derived from his mother: it is this that determines whether, on the whole, he will revere women, or despise them, or remain generally indifferent to them.

My mother was a woman. A black woman. A single mother. Raising two kids on her own. So she was dark skinned. Had short hair. Got no love from nobody except for a group called the Black Panthers. So that's why she was a Black Panther.