I was extremely close to my mother-in-law and after she, and later my father-in-law passed away, I continue to feel their presence.
Amala Akkineni
Himanshu and I travel together whenever possible, but there are times when I like to travel with my mother and maasi. It is really shocking that trolls comment on that, too. They say 'Don't you get along with your mother-in-law that you don't take her along?' Now, who would accept such remarks about one's mother?
Amruta Khanvilkar
My mother-in-law, Nanny, spent her working years as a bookkeeper at a medical office in Columbus, Ohio. Like so many Americans, she worked hard and paid into Medicare, knowing that one day she could count on having high-quality health care when she needed it most.
Ann McLane Kuster
My mother-in-law is an awesome cook, but I have grown up eating the food cooked by my mother. I must say that both of them have their own area of specialisation, when it comes to cooking.
Ashish Vidyarthi
I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.
Ayelet Waldman
The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law.
Benjamin Walker
I am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.
Carole Radziwill
As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Coretta Scott King
That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!
Daniel Clowes
I find it beautiful when we're in Italy that everybody sits down at the table together. My mother-in-law is like, 'It doesn't matter what's going on in the house, who is fighting, who is upset, who has appointments, you sit down at that table at one o'clock.'
Debi Mazar
Who hasn't had an argument with their mother-in-law?
Dervla Kirwan
I went to dinner with my mother-in-law and I just realized I was talking in sound bites to her and expecting her to laugh every time I said anything or be jotting something down in a notebook. So you have to kind of really have a talk with yourself after you've done a press tour and say, 'Chill out!'
Emily Mortimer
I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.
Gail Simmons
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
H. L. Mencken
Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.
Henny Youngman
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
The Middletons and the Windsors might seem at first glance to be worlds apart. Kate certainly shows no sign of adopting the horsey, doggy lifestyle beloved of her grandmother-in-law. But the Queen admires how well Kate has embraced royal life, combining it cheerfully with duty and motherhood.
Ingrid Seward
In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.
Jacqueline Novogratz
A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.
Jaime Lerner
When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould. Now there are thousands of comedians out there, and I don't think I can be above it all.
I do most of the cooking at home, and both my mom and my mother-in-law are excellent chefs. However, I wouldn't call myself a chef.
But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'
I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I keep in mind is my mother-in-law.
Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
You know you've built a product that can hit the mainstream when your wife, your father, and your mother-in-law can get involved.
Someday I will get married, and I should be able to watch my films with my children, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.
Even before marriage I used cook delicious dishes for my wife and mother-in-law on Jamai Sasthi.
I'm often accused of saying some pretty rotten things about my mother-in-law. But quite honestly, she's only got one major fault - it's called breathing.
The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.
My mother-in-law has so many wrinkles, when she smiles she looks like a Venetian blind.
The mother-in-law had an accident at work. A hot rivet dropped down her drawers and she fell off the oil rig.
I took my mother-in-law to Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, and one of the attendants said: 'Keep her moving sir; we're stock-taking.'
My mother-in-law's so fat that when she passes her handbag from hand to hand she throws it.
The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and I said, 'Mother, don't just stand there in the rain. Go home.'
My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked.
My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're having a change. We're going to let her in.
My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.'
I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'
My mother-in-law's from Norway, and she's always liked old-school remedies.
The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.'
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.
I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.
My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.
Honestly, people can write anything they want about me and I could care less, but once you start writing stuff about my family, my wife and my daughter and son or my mother-in-law, then you're drawing a line.
I cut 'Diamond in My Crown' in my home in Georgia, because I wanted to use an old 1848 pump organ that my mother-in-law had gotten for Emory for Christmas one year. His mother would be proud to know that pump organ was made use of.
My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.
Indian-ness, love for your country, is complicated. For every person, there is a different way that you show respect for your country... my mother-in-law will say karmayogi is the way to go - do your work.
I have no problem putting my feet up and watching football but my mother-in-law is always doing stuff.
