Mother Quotes · Page 174

My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.

— Victor Garber

But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.

— Damon Wayans

When I'm ready, I'll have a baby - and I will love that.

— Gemma Collins

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

— Roger von Oech

“The truth is that the idea of home and the idea of our mother and father were inseparable.”

— Siri Hustvedt

I want my kids to grow up in a world where everybody gets a fair shot.

— Mikie Sherrill

American culture at large has failed working mothers.

— Emily Matchar

I teach my children love and respect, they teach me how special I really am.

— Jasmina Siderovski

When you've left your children and their mother unable to pay for the roof over their head, it's not acceptable.

— Kate Gosselin

As a child I made a pact with my mother. I agreed that we were doomed, that she and I abided together…

— Darcey Steinke

If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning…

— Lillian Gordy Carter

I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about…

— Elaine Stritch

I knew that there was a great deal of depth and life that was sitting just beyond my mother's gaze.

— Lynn Nottage

James, the brother of the Lord ... was holy from his mother's womb; and he drank no wine nor strong drink, nor…

— Hegesippus

I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

— Oprah Winfrey

Just having my mom be healthy is, like, so overwhelming enough. Like, my heart's just full of gratitude.

— Ally Brooke

Men call women faithless, changeable, and though they say it in jealousy of their own ever-threatened sexual honor, there is some truth…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“...it was hard to be a mother when you had never been mothered yourself. Your children's needs remind you of your needs.…

— Sarah Dunn

A mother is in the kitchen making dinner for her family when her daughter walks in. Mother, where do babies come from?…

— Kevin

We must forget bodily consciousness like a deer which is infatuated by music. We must look up to God, as the young…

— Tukaram

My mom was a single mother in the South Bronx living in adverse conditions. Seeing her struggles to get herself off of…

— Andrea Navedo

Apparently the complete works of Shakespeare packed quite a wallop. To think, my mother said I'd never find use for an English…

— Rachel Vincent

I feel like I know what my role is as a mom, and I know that there is eight people on the…

— Kate Gosselin

My birth experience is not right for everyone, but it was so right for me. I am changed because of that experience,…

— Ricki Lake

“Here's the fear: she gave to us, and we took from her, until she disappeared.”

— Rachel Khong

I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.

— Keith Emerson

Being a Bengali, I have kept in touch with the cinema of my mother tongue.

— Sharmila Tagore

My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk.

— Ozzy Osbourne

Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.

— Alice Walker

If your mother still drives you to school, you are not a gangster, pull your pants up!

— Bill Engvall

Beware an Irishman who loves his wife the most but his mother the longest.

— Anonymous

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

— Samuel Richardson

“time to betray your mother, you idiot, I thought.”

— Anonymous

My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

— Deron Williams

In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

— Dani Shapiro

“Her name was Mary, and there ends any resemblance to the mother of our Lord.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“You're gonna be a freaking appendage in their lives. They'll have a mother and an appendage.”

— Michael Baron

Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.

— Brandy Norwood

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

— Anonymous

You're a man, but the day you raise your voice to your mother, you're not anymore.

— Tariq Ramadan