“My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.”– Christopher Meloni Related Quotes “I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.”– Emeril Lagasse “My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them.”– Marco Rubio “I’ve got my dad’s height and smoking habit. But I think I’ve got my mum’s looks and sensibilities.”– Max Irons