“I didn't know if my mama was alive or dead for a couple of days. Then, last Thursday morning she called me from Montgomery. She evacuated at the last moment.”
Chris Clark
“My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.”
Tupac Shakur
“Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.”
Zora Neale Hurston
“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”
Coretta Scott King
“My son is going through a Daddy thing. It's always Dada, Dada, Dada. I'm like, 'What about me? Mama! I carried you around for nine months.' What did Tim do? He just had sex with me. It was all fun for Tim. All gain.”
Helena Bonham Carter
“I don't make excuses. If you lined my mama up out there, I'd have to catch it over her, too.”
Steve Smith
“She said, 'Mama, if I can take it back ...,”
Carol Burnett