Mother Quotes · Page 133

“My mother’s eyes narrow and her plate filled hands start shaking. “The devil is alive…”

— Xavier Neal

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

— Joyce Cary

Motherhood brought me even closer to my own mother - I realised everything she'd been through.

— Amanda Redman

“A mother never abandons her child, even when he seems to want it”

— Elizabeth Hoyt

Cooking skills aside, my mother is an exceptional nurturer.

— Jami Attenberg

I remember the day my mother died, and it's still hard to talk about it. I just blocked it out.

— Peaches Geldof

“Don't talk to me like that! I am your mother! Oh, God the Father, I have raised a monster!”

— Carlos Malvar

You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.

— Clare Boothe Luce

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of…

— Clifford Geertz

When I look at my children, I understand what that is worth protecting, defending and fighting for. God knows if I have…

— Mattias Konradsson

I'm often accused of saying some pretty rotten things about my mother-in-law. But quite honestly, she's only got one major fault -…

— Les Dawson

When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, my middle school friends and myself really had no idea the impact of that diagnosis,…

— Jenna Morasca

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will…

— Pablo Picasso

My mom is amazing. She's always been there for me. She's always been the one driving me to practice, picking me up…

— Nick Bosa

For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change…

— Haniel Long

People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with…

— Lorna Luft

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the…

— Roger Bannister

There's such a grace and understanding in the female persona when women have really come into their own. Part of that is…

— Giancarlo Esposito

You attribute your stress to an external agency. You believe your mother-in-law, boss or the weather causes your stress. Vedanta says that…

— Jaya Row

I was visiting my mother in Florida when the September 11, 2001 attacks happened. I was working on The Tale of Despereaux…

— Kate DiCamillo

It takes time and devotion to learn the language of color and lighting in the garden. Your tastes are sure to change…

— Christopher McDowell

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot…

— Edmund Hillary

It's interesting to talk to my mom about her character in Wild at heart, because she sees her as a mother who's…

— Laura Dern

He says when your grandmother died your mother cried solidly for a week, solidly. She was crying with relief he says, it…

— Jon McGregor

If she wasn't my mother, I'd want her to be my best friend.

— Finty Williams

“Because a mother's love is God's greatest joke.”

— Anne Enright

Most people marry their mother. I married my father.

— Wayne Gretzky

But when my mother died, I found that I did not believe that she was gone.

— Meghan O'Rourke

My mother calls me spiky, which I think is not entirely inaccurate.

— Maisie Peters

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

My mum is incredible, she is able to be there whenever I need her and I am extremely lucky.

— Stacey Solomon

My mother kept every single thing that she ever got in her life.

— John F. Kennedy Jr

A mother does a thankless job; they take care of their children unconditionally.

— Shoojit Sircar

My mother always told me if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it.

— Donald Faison

“I’d have no option than to charge your mother with murder.”

— S. A. David

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

— Annette Bening

Tell my mother I died for my country. I did what I thought was best.

— John Wilkes

Motherhood is more than a biological imperative.

— Norah Vincent

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

— John Isner

Teaching your own mother how to use Facebook is like willingly signing your own death warrant.

— Punkinhead Abhishek