Mother Quotes · Page 161

“Mother isn’t ashamed of anything she’s done. If she was, why would she do it?”

— N.K. Jemisin

My daughter is a preschooler but I have only known her for a while. She is adopted.

— Nia Vardalos

“she’d packed up her mother’s life in boxes for storage”

— Rachel Gibson

A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.

— Betty White

My mother has a passion for mind, body, and soul. That's always been her thing.

— Cedella Marley

I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem.

— Toni Collette

A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.

— Jaime Lerner

“Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it.”

— William Peter Blatty

I have always been very good at being able to structure my time. My mother had a huge influence on me. My…

— Sebastian Coe

I grew up in a uniform at school, and I sort of wish that I still had one and made to dress…

— Caroline, Princess of Hanover

It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!'

— Adrienne Rich

A mother's ability to provide for her children is not always tied to income, but rather to education.

— Cat Cora

Obviously Gwilym is a very Welsh name! My father is from Maesteg, and my mother's from Abergavenny.

— Gwilym Lee

I was never In a restaurant until after I left home. My mother came from Abruzzi and they're noted for their great…

— Henry Mancini

My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least…

— Arabella Weir

I can't remember a dish my mother made that to me was pleasant. To this day I have a phobia of instant…

— Alvin Leung

“And even if you hate her, can't stand her, even if she's ruining your life, there's something about her, some romance, some…

— Mona Simpson

A Mother's love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It…

— Helen Steiner Rice

I think, when I started to become successful in the movie business, my mother was very, very worried. She thought no one…

— Sherry Lansing

Growing up with a bold feminist in my mother, I witnessed her march magnificently from mini to maxi, fashions so obviously linked…

— Esther McVey

“From the railway station far away the sharp clang of a bell...In half an hour the train starts, and there is so…

— Emmuska Orczy

I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my…

— Audrey Niffenegger

I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-Aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a…

— Jodi Picoult

Always respect your mother , because she is the precious lady in the world...

— Anonymous

“The love of a foster mother for her charge appears absolutely irrational.”

— Winston Churchill

“Lena,” he says at last. “I think your mother is alive.”

— Lauren Oliver

“I will always love my mother for who she is and everything she does.”

— Tammy-Louise Wilkins

“And which comes first? her unbearable mother is saying. What we see or how we see it?”

— Ali Smith

“Indeed, mother, you are always our helper." "For what else are we born?”

— Alan Paton

For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

— Marilyn Monroe

“My mother is a homemaker now after being a teacher.”

— Abigail George

I made a choice in life and got pregnant and had a child, and I want to put my child first.

— Emily Deschanel

I am not interested in anyone and will let my mother decide about my marriage.

— Ankit Tiwari

[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.

— Princess Diana

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

— Alison Bechdel

“The only thing my mother told me about sex was that I was never going to get any.”

— Doug Graham

I hope your Mother's Day is more pleasant than labor was.

— Anonymous

I like that I have kids still willing to hold my hand.

— Christine Taylor

This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee!

— Thomas Moore