- Alexander the Great's mother:  "How many times do I have to
      tell you - you can't have everything you want in this world!"

    - Franz Schubert's mother:  "Take my advice, Son.  Never start
      anything you can't finish."

    - Achilles' mother:  "Stop imagining things.  There's nothing
      wrong with your heel."

    - Madame de Pompadour's mother:  "For heaven's sake, child, do
      something about your hair!"

    - Sigmund Freud's mother:  "Stop pestering me!  I've told you a
      hundred times, the stork brought you!"