Mother Quotes

My mother always wanted to give back.

I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.

The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.

I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.

There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.

A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One person who was very supportive was my father. My mother was great but my father really recognised my individuality and supported me in that.

But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.

Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.

Mother Nature is not sweet.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill.

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother.

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.

I'm a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city.

My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.

My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

I didn't know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don't know their mothers had it; that's the sad thing about depression. You know, you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void.

My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent for cooking. I was always out in the garage with my dad. I have a tool belt. I'm a repair chick.

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

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.