In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. – Ethel Waters
We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can. – Ethel Waters
I had always loved John Fords pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. – Ethel Waters
Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show. – Ethel Waters
Its the moms of this nation – single, married, widowed – who really hold this country together. Were the mothers, were the wives, were the grandmothers, were the big sisters, were the little sisters, were the daughters. You know its true, dont you? Youre the ones who always have to do a little more. – Ann Romney