Mother Quotes · Page 215

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

— Peter De Vries

My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.

— Donald Freed

Knock on wood, but I think we hit the gestational carrier lottery!

— Giuliana Rancic

Being an older mom, I'm super mellow with my kids. Also, "curious" and "loving.

— Sheryl Crow

The first ghost story I ever heard was from my mother.

— Jenna Wortham

“The earth mother Loves circles to complete — So all aspects of life must be lived”

— Neil Mach

My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE - I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.

— Nikhil Saluja

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

— Annie Lennox

“She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman…

— Shannon Celebi

I think it's important to be sincere. And I could be the most sincere just staying in [my] mother language actually. And…

— Stromae

I was hanging out with some of what my mother would consider the wrong kind of kids. With no direction, no motivation.…

— Angie Martinez

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad…

— Vivien Leigh

When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want…

— E. L. Konigsburg

The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life.…

— Edward Steichen

I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in…

— Katherine Heigl

I should like to be a full-time Mother and a full-time Artist and a full-time Wife-Companion and also a 'Charming Woman' on…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on…

— Kajol

There are other letters for the child to learn than those which Cadmus invented. The Spaniards have a good term to express…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The child bounded onto the bed, landing on all fours, her round face wreathed in a smile. “ Hein nei nan-ne-i-cut? ”…

— Catherine Anderson

I'm looking forward to sproglets but, as I'm the main breadwinner, I feel I ought to capitalise on my career for a…

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I've borne the shame of mother while you bought her off with a present and a treat here and there. God knows…

— Anzia Yezierska

Before I could cry or scream I whirled around and stalked to my bedroom,slamming the door behind me. I hope they all…

— Anonymous

“My mother knows how to hit a nerve. And the pain I feel is worse than any other kind of misery. Because…

— Amy Tan

“God could not be everywhere and so he created mothers;”

— Paul Rosolie

I know my mother has always looked at strangers as friends.

— Jeanne Phillips

Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.

— Anonymous

The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

— David Duchovny

My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl.

— Gretchen Wilson

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

— Ben Elton

I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.

— Ellen Barkin

I want to work, but the balance to find between working and being a mom is challenging.

— Doutzen Kroes

Trying to balance a career at the high end of the industry with being a mother is always tough.

— Monica Galetti

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

— Billy Joel

“Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children.”

— Dallas Willard

When I have kids, they're definitely gonna work.

— Benji Madden

A pause while my mother made high-pitched sisterly devotions of gratitude.

— Maureen Johnson

My two kids take a lot of my focus, which I'm grateful for.

— Aden Young

“Motherhood is precious.Value it responsibly or don't be”

— Sreeja Pai

“She was a far better mother when she had an audience.”

— Liane Moriarty