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title: "1 Message Young Quotes By Moms Mabley"
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> [Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/ain-t-nothin-an-ol-man-can-do-but-bring-me-a-message-from-a-young-one/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

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## More by Moms Mabley

> [The teenagers aren't all bad. I love 'em if nobody else does. There ain't nothing wrong with young people. Jus' quit lyin' to 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/the-teenagers-aren-t-all-bad-i-love-em-if-nobody-else-does-there-ain/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [ \[On old age:\] You wake up one morning and you got it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/on-old-age-you-wake-up-one-morning-and-you-got-it/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/a-woman-is-a-woman-until-the-day-she-dies-but-a-man-s-man-only-as/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/i-don-t-want-nothing-old-but-some-old-money-buy-me-some-young-ideas/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [“The good old days. I was there. Where was they?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/the-good-old-days-i-was-there-where-was-they/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/advice-to-children-crossing-the-street-damn-the-lights-watch-the-cars/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [If you don't want your children to know the truth about life don't send 'em to the theater to see Moms 'cause I'm gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/if-you-don-t-want-your-children-to-know-the-truth-about-life-don-t/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [ \[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:\] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/on-turning-down-an-invitation-to-appear-for-four-minutes-on-the-ed/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [Anytime you see me with my arms around an old man, I'm holding him for the police.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/anytime-you-see-me-with-my-arms-around-an-old-man-i-m-holding-him-for/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/it-s-no-disgrace-to-be-old-but-damn-if-it-isn-t-inconvenient/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/ain-t-nothin-an-ol-man-can-do-but-bring-me-a-message-from-a-young-one/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [You know Moms has been accused of liking young men, and I'm guilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/you-know-moms-has-been-accused-of-liking-young-men-and-i-m-guilty/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [Honey, that Totie Fields is one well-fed white woman. When that gal sits around the house, she sits around the house!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/honey-that-totie-fields-is-one-well-fed-white-woman-when-that-gal/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [Use those brains that God put in your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/use-those-brains-that-god-put-in-your-head/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

> [LOVE is like Playing Checkers. You have to know which Man to MOVE.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moms-mabley/love-is-like-playing-checkers-you-have-to-know-which-man-to-move/)

[Moms Mabley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moms-mabley/)

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