Mother Quotes · Page 300

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published…

— Alejandro Amenabar

But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more…

— Barbara Kingsolver

How did you know Cassandra was the mother? (Wulf) I know lots of things when I apply myself. (Acheron)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and…

— Markus Zusak

“What sort of mother talks about whores on her deathbed? Your mother wouldn’t do that, would she?" "I have no idea,” Grey…

— Diana Gabaldon

My mother was really beautiful, and I had to deal with her being objectified my entire childhood. But she also had this…

— Adrianne Lenker

Just as you must come through a woman's womb to attain physical birth, so must you come through Wisdom to achieve mental…

— RZA

My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we lived in Boston for a year.

— Sophie Dahl

And yet, in each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against…

— Alan Moore

The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man,…

— Edward B. Lewis

Mother, A word that is supposed to make you think of the one woman in your life who you can trust and…

— Anonymous

I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference,' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in…

— Charlaine Harris

My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a…

— Alice Walker

“A child cannot tolerate a mother’s anger. She either splits from the relationship, or she becomes terrified. Neither alternative promotes freedom and…

— Henry Cloud

“Celean looked at me for a moment, the hint of a serious line between her pale eyebrows. Then she laughed brightly and…

— Patrick Rothfuss

You can't make flivers without steel - and you can't make tragedies without social instability. The world's stable now. People are happy;…

— Aldous Huxley

We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister…

— Chang-Rae Lee

“Mothers always knew what was best for their children, and it was a mother’s duty to steer the child back onto the…

— Mary Campisi

Sleep, baby, sleep. Thy father's watching the sheep. Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree, and down drops a little dream for thee.

— Elizabeth Prentiss

One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy. Raphael’s eyebrows furrowed. “My mother’s approval isn’t necessary.” Aha. “Does…

— Ilona Andrews

Shout out to all of the young mothers who are doing what they have to do to insure a good life for…

— Anonymous

If my mother hadn't been trying to be a writer, I don't know if I would have thought of it myself.

— John Updike

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to…

— Beyonce Knowles

I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.

— Goldie Hawn

She [my wife] has had a Caesarean, so she can't bend over. It's a good excuse [for not changing nappies], I suppose.

— Kevin Pietersen

We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with…

— Georgina Chapman

After my mother died, I lived with relatives. Reading was a means of escaping into other worlds, as photography, much later, was…

— Stuart Franklin

When I used to fight against the corrupt system, my wife ran the house and my mother supported me.

— Arvind Kejriwal

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and…

— Julie Andrews

I tell my mother I went to God in spite of my religious education. I feel that my religious education was inadequate,…

— Marianne Williamson

I am really happy that my daughter Janhvi has been honoured with the 'Arets Stjerneskudd' award as the rising talent of the…

— Boney Kapoor

My kids really are my center. They create a beautiful chaos. It's always a nice chaos with them.

— Sinead O'Connor

“The Earth is your Mother and Grandmother. When you walk on the Earth, you are making a prayer to her.”

— Burleigh Muten

Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.

— Pio of Pietrelcina

My dad's family comes from the North, and my mother's family comes from somewhere around Carmarthenshire.

— Henry Thomas

“You go through life thinking there's so much you need...Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of…

— Nina LaCour

Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna--to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had…

— Christina Stead

I was raised in Brooklyn and in Baltimore. My father was a bookkeeper. When I was 36 years old, my mother told…

— Harry Frankfurt

After 'Gandhi', Bollywood offered me mothers' roles. I played mother to heroes older to me like Amitabh Bachchan and Mithun Chakrbaborty.

— Rohini Hattangadi