Mother Quotes

Small: I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasnt glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or th
"I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show"
Debra Messing, Actress
Small: I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities
"I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities"
David McCullough, Historian
Small: In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died
"In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died"
William Lilly, Celebrity
Small: My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York
"My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York"
Diane Cilento, Actress
Small: Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children
"Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children"
Diane Cilento, Actress
Small: My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mo
"My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis"
Sheena Easton, Musician
Small: They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didnt know how to
"They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didn't know how to market it! This country is incredibly sexist, as is the music and media industry"
Siobhan Fahey, Musician
Small: I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore Id never do that. Dave does the cooking
"I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking"
Siobhan Fahey, Musician
Small: But then my mother, whos a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was g
"But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations"
Patricia Richardson, Actress
Small: I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didnt bake cookies. Yo
"I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love"
Raquel Welch, Actress
Small: I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but its too late now, Im afraid. Much, much too late
Hoagy Carmichael
"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late"
Hoagy Carmichael, Composer
Small: People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me ev
Lorna Luft
"People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it"
Lorna Luft, Actress
Small: My mother wasnt rational those last years if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior
Lorna Luft
"My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior"
Lorna Luft, Actress
Small: As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education
"As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education"
Sue Kelly, Politician
Small: Im terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but its taken me this long to re
"I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him"
Sheena Easton, Musician
Small: I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the marr
"I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it"
Ben Lindsey, Judge
Small: Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think shes blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her
"Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her"
Judy Davis, Actress
Small: My mother loved the Bible
Goldie Hawn
"My mother loved the Bible"
Goldie Hawn, Actress
Small: There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother cant send her chi
"There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed"
Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader
Small: I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them
"I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them"
Dominic Chianese, Actor
Small: It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked p
Dennis Banks
"It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth"
Dennis Banks, Educator
Small: For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there we
"For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there were. At the end of the play, the mother realizes the terrible things she had done"
Fay Wray, Actress
Small: The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from th
"The outcome can truly determine whether our homes will be destroyed, whether our children will be torn from their mothers, trained as conspirators and turned against their parents, their home and their church"
George Smathers, Politician
Small: I hope to start enjoying flirting again when Im 70, like my mother did
"I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did"
Felicity Kendal, Actress
Small: My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldnt have had
"My daddy died when I was two years old. My mother raised my two older brothers and me. And we couldn't have had a better situation. I mean, she was the - ran the concession stand at the Little League, and she was the first woman president of The Touchdown Club, the booster club for the high school football team. And so, I had a wonderful childhood"
Haley Barbour, Politician
Small: You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child
"You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child"
Dogen, Leader
Small: My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable
"My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable"
Diane Abbott, Politician
Small: So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine,
"So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married"
George J. Mitchell, Politician
Small: It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had
"It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed"
Fay Wray, Actress
Small: I was sent to a finishing school, which didnt last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were.
"I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school"
Mary Wesley, Novelist
Small: Today, Arizonas sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country
Jane D. Hull
"Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country"
Jane D. Hull, Politician
Small: Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious e
"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age"
Joel Coen, Director
Small: Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood
"Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood"
Marc Davis, Artist
Small: Im just afraid Im gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother
"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother"
Karen Carpenter, Musician
Small: My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least
Giovanni Ribisi
"My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me"
Giovanni Ribisi, Actor
Small: My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary
Lynn Johnston
"My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary"
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist
Small: But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a childrens
Lynn Johnston
"But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home"
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist
Small: After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the thing
Lynn Johnston
"After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away"
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist
Small: You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my famil
Lynn Johnston
"You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian"
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist
Small: Thats what my mother did. And my father was the first person shed met who treated her kindly. She was terrifie
Lynn Johnston
"That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost"
Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist
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