My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.

我的游乐场是剧院。我会坐着看我妈妈假装生活。作为一个年轻的女孩，这是相当诱人的。

My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

我的姐妹和妈妈教育我要尊重女性，并为她们敞开大门。

My training in Science of Mind had begun with my mother. She took me to a different church every Sunday, and she encouraged me to question the minister afterward.

我的心理科学训练是从我母亲开始的。她每个星期天都带我去不同的教堂，并鼓励我在那之后向牧师提问。

My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.

我对问题的看法是基于常识，以及我作为四个孩子的母亲、单亲母亲和经营炸鱼薯条店的女商人的经历。

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

需要是冒险之母。

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

需要可能是发明之母，但玩耍肯定是发明之父。

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

需要可以被称为发明之母，但灾难是对正直的考验。

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it.

对于巨大的丧亲之痛，人们总想说些安慰的话，却感到万分无助。我不会尝试的。

Night is the mother of council.

夜是会议之母。

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

无论在科学上还是在实际生活中，没有什么比认为方法和勤奋可以弥补缺乏天赋的观念更大的错觉了。

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

没有父母认为自己的孩子丑。

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

没有什么比母亲的影响更大的了。

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

无论母亲多大年纪，她都会观察她的中年孩子是否有进步的迹象。

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

一个男人所做的普通工作，没有一项像抚养一个有小孩的家庭的妇女所做的工作那样辛苦或负责任;因为对她的时间和力量的要求不仅是白天的每一个小时，而且常常是夜晚的每一个小时。

Nothing wrong with the way your mother looks. First thing in the morning, last thing at night, and every hour in between, she looks just fine.

你妈妈的样子没什么问题。早上第一件事，晚上最后一件事，每隔一个小时，她看起来都很好。