Family: Mother Quotes

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"The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested"

Richard Gere, Actor

"It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress"

George Weinberg, Psychologist

"I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way"

Sarah Palin, Politician

"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"

Esther Williams, Actress

"My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home"

Smokey Robinson, Musician

"Thank God for your mother"

David O. Selznick, Producer

"Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

"I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met"

Marguerite Duras, Novelist

"As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future"

Thomas Edward Brown, Poet

"I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon"

Ida B. Wells, Activist

"I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

"My mother keeps me abreast of all the hometown things"

Faith Ford, Actress

"I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear"

Faith Ford, Actress

"My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston"

Lionel Blue, Clergyman

"No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes,. What she did was fantastic. It's about making your own future and your own destiny and Kate will do a very good job of that"

Prince William, Royalty

"It's my mother's engagement ring, so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - This was my way of keeping her close to it all"

Prince William, Royalty

"For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift"

Wernher von Braun, Scientist

"My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"My mother, she didn't believe in praise. She'd never say anything was great. I think that's quite Northern, to not make people feel too good. I didn't mind if she was proud of me or not, it didn't bother me. I was never trying to please her"

Victoria Wood, Comedian

"There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother"

Gypsy Rose Lee, Entertainer

"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman"

Loni Anderson, Actress

"I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me"

Loni Anderson, Actress

"I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person"

Lara Flynn Boyle, Actress

"My mom is definitely my rock"

Alicia Keys, Musician

"Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"When I was about five or seven years old, my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out"

Quincy Jones, Musician

"Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"My mom was definitely very strict with me"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb?"

Trey Parker, Artist

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me very dominating"

Beatrice Wood, Artist

"Fashion is in my blood. Growing up, I was always clacking around the house in my mother's shoes"

Sophia Bush, Actress

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Loni Anderson, Actress

"I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them"

Lara Flynn Boyle, Actress

"I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be"

Lara Flynn Boyle, Actress

"People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career"

Helena Bonham Carter, Actress

"You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child"

Dogen, Leader

"Before she married my father, my mother was a film reviewer for The Akron Beacon Journal - a small newspaper"

Jim Jarmusch, Director

"My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her"

Jane Fonda, Actress

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