Mother Quotes · Page 75

My mother was a Jewish General Patton.

— Don Rickles

“Holy mother of all electronics...”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

When I grow, I'm going to be my mother.

— Melina Marchetta

Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.

— Lorna Luft

Work will always come second to my kids.

— Kirk Herbstreit

My mother would only let us go to the musicals.

— Bette Midler

My mom is so similar to Cissy Houston.

— Naomi Ackie

My mother tongue is German.

— Herta Muller

Both my kids are international swimmers and national champions.

— Thalaivasal Vijay

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

— Dom DeLuise

There's no real substitute for the care of the real mother.

— Phyllis Schlafly

If you can fight directly with your mother, you can save a fortune in psychiatrist's bills.

— Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board.

— Betsy DeVos

It's a great thing about being pregnant - you don't need excuses to pee or to eat.

— Angelina Jolie

“They were certainly a pair. Cincinnati in a dead man’s suit, Mother in a dead man’s wallet.”

— Ruta Sepetys

“Behind every successful man is a woman but few of us realize that behind most successful women is a man too; her…

— Shahla Khan

My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.

— Laverne Cox

I love dancing, actually. My mother taught children's dance, ballet, tap, jazz...I'm very flexible.

— Michael Angarano

For a long time, I let my mother say what she wanted about me, and what was worse, for a long time…

— Junot Diaz

Naturally you want to be the best mom you can, but then also you want to be the best performer you can.

— LaChanze

“Did you know that if you re-arrange the letters in ‘mother-in-law’ you can create the phrase ‘woman Hitler’? Holly from Secrets”

— Sara Daniell

“What do you tell your mother when she asks you where to put her money?” I asked. “Guns and gold,”

— Michael Lewis

[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not…

— Audrey Hepburn

“Above us all rose my mother’s hand, dangling from the column shifter like some battle-tattered flag for independence, surrounded by the glass…

— BJ Ward

When I feel like I'm stuck, I do something - not like I'm Mother Teresa or anything, but there's someone that's forgotten…

— Bill Murray

I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over…

— Corey Taylor

We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And…

— Brenda Ueland

“So I take it you and Gansey get along, then?” Maura’s expression was annoyingly knowing. “ Mom. ” “Orla told me about…

— Maggie Stiefvater

My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on…

— Natascha McElhone

Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a…

— Heber J. Grant

I have very strong memories of my early years. In fact, I remember the house I was born in, and we moved…

— Jimmy Barnes

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

— Fay Weldon

I am a single mother - that is the reality.

— Emilia Fox

If my children are happy, I'm happy.

— Cindy McCain

She's my mother and the Queen.

— Princess Anne

Heaven liveth at the feet of mothers

— Muhammad

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“Do not forget you mother, when she is old.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

At the end of the day, I have a son.

— O. T. Genasis