Famous quotes containing the words called and/or mother:
“Known commonly as the jackass, this long-eared little creature is respected throughout the southwest—roundly cursed yet respected—and here he is usually referred to by his Spanish name, burro. Because of his extraordinary bray, he is sometimes ironically called the “Arizona Nightingale.””
—Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“I never saw a fatter man; he’d have given my mother a stone or two and not felt the loss. Round as the “o” in rotund.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)