Mother Quotes · Page 213

Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

— Japanese Prover

I believe I was actually the first single mother in a major film.

— Dee Wallace

I feel that I am pregnant by music, and it is the father and mother of my child.

— R. Kelly

I bought my mother-in-law a beautiful chair for Christmas, but she won't let me plug it in.

— Milton Berle

I love J. F. K. My mother had been a worker on his campaign and adored him.

— Tim Matheson

She's a Kansas princess, crazy mother trucker, undercover lover.

— Jason Aldean

My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead.

— Ayanna Pressley

“Never trust a decision you don’t want your mother to know about.”

— Abby Johnson

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New…

— Diane Cilento

I feel what works for one new mom may not necessarily work for another, so it's better to find one's own path.

— Tulsi Kumar

It hurts because I can't go out there and play football, but it hurts more because I have to be a father…

— Ray Rice

My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have…

— Paulie Malignaggi

“I saw in her expression that old, unshakable mountain of concern. And I realized when you look at your mother, you are…

— Mitch Albom

I call them my children for they have been my wife, my hawks, my hounds, my cards, my dice and in totall,…

— John Smith

I have the greatest husband. The baby is my main focus right now. We're both so excited. I mean, this is definitely…

— Ashlee Simpson

In the soft and gentle arms of a mother's love, children can come to know the voice of the Lord.

— Dwan J. Young

Some people say that I need to take a break and relax a little bit, but basketball is all that I know.…

— Tobias Harris

“My mother took the train to Halifax to see my father off. It was crammed with men en route to the Front;…

— Margaret Atwood

After we have children, our hormones are all over the place, we don't even feel like ourselves, we are very sensitive to…

— Porsha Williams

My parents are amazing. When I said I wanted to go into film, they didn't understand it, but they were incredibly supportive.…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

They will grow, deliver, and cook your food for you and (just like your mother) beg you to eat it. That they…

— Wendell Berry

My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy,…

— Laura Moriarty

When we [adoption agency] have a birth mother who is pregnant and she doesn't know the race of the father, she is…

— Rosie O'Donnell

“My mother would always ask us if anyone wanted to learn how to cook or to sew or to iron clothes. I…

— José N. Harris

My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing.

— Michael Newdow

There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.

— Josh Billings

My sister is totally my dad's daughter because she loves sports.

— Ashley Tisdale

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

— Josh Holloway

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

— Tyler Perry

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

— Vladimir Putin

“...little children adore me - I'm a Troll Tamer and they know it!...”

— John Geddes

“I'll never know what possessed my mother to steal my father's lions that night.”

— Laura Shepard Townsend

My children have blessed my life in more ways than imaginable.

— Brii Ann

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.

— Tecumseh

My dad was down the pit and my mother worked in a newsagent.

— Jane McDonald

Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror.

— Donna Tartt

For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.

— Kara Swisher

There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

— N.K. Jemisin

My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.

— Marillyn Hewson

I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!

— Sam Taylor-Wood