Mum Quotes - Page 23

• The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

  Kylie Minogue

  Dad, Doctors, Two

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• I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome.

  Gary Numan

  Children, Home, School

  "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• I remember my mum explaining to me what adoption meant when I was still at primary school. 'Son,' she said to me, 'you didn't grow under my heart, you grew in it'.

  Michael Gove

  Heart, School, Son

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.

  Michael Gove

  Dad, Parent, Support

  "Michael Gove В has 'no charisma' but insists he is the 'change candidate' and will spend ВЈ100m a week on the NHS" by Christopher Hope, Kate McCann Cristina Criddle, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 1, 2016.

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• I used to hate swimming at school so much that I would always sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and take my swimming costume out of my gym bag and hide it in the house somewhere. Then I'd never have to go swimming at school. This went on for months and I never got caught and my Mum turned into a nervous wreck because the thought she was losing her memory... and then one day she caught me and got super angry. That was kind of bad.

  Charli XCX

  Memories, Hate, School

  Source: coupdemainmagazine.com

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• My mum is my best friend.

  Leona Lewis

  Best Friend, My Best Friend

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was ten, I saw 'Grease' on stage and thought: 'I want to be part of that; it looks like so much fun.' My mum enrolled me in a local theatre group, and it all went from there.

  Michelle Ryan

  Fun, Grease, Theatre

  "60 Seconds – Michelle Ryan". Interview with Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. February 15, 2006.

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• My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

  Marc Anthony

  Cents, Wells, Partnering

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

  Danny Boyle

  Jobs, Dad, School

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• I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.

  Roald Dahl

  Clever, Kids, Needs

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• My mum taught me to have a soul.

  Stella McCartney

  Soul, Taught

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• I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters.

  Stella McCartney

  Children, Husband, Water

  "'I feel like a different person since my mum passed away': Stella McCartney on how the loss of her mother changed her forever". "Daily Mail Reporter" Interview, www.dailymail.co.uk. April 06, 2012.

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• I've got over so much. Mum wouldn't want anything to come into my life that would make me fragile again

  Tracey Emin

  Want, Fragile

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• My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Dad, Emotional, Unconventional

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• Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.

  Ali Larter

  Girl, Soccer, Growing Up

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• I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating.

  Charlotte Church

  My Boyfriend, Singing, Doe

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• There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

  Jeremy Irvine

  People, Hollywood, Village

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• From as young as I can remember, I always wanted to be a singer... My mum taught me 'Going Down the Garden to Eat Worms' for a competition when I was about 4.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Garden, Competition, Singers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.

  Ville Valo

  Friendship, Dog, Brother

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• The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.

  Katie Price

  Trust, Dad, Closest

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• There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

  Julianne Hough

  Inspirational, Dance, Class

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• At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'

  Candice Swanepoel

  Girl, School, Awkward

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• Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

  Kim Wilde

  Dad, Business, Thinking

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• My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Mother, Culture, Proud

  "Discovery: Kaya Scodelario" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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• I used to wash up the dishes as C3PO. And it's very hard to put cups away when this joint doesn't bend! Mum was very tolerant.

  Darren Hayes

  Joints, Cups, Used

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