Mother Quotes · Page 77

Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure.

— Thomas Hobbes

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

— Sophia Loren

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home.

— John Howard Payne

“My mother was beautiful once too. Or so they tell me. -Katniss”

— Suzanne Collins

When I see my mom in the stands, it always pushes me to succeed.

— Ashton Eaton

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

— Evan Esar

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

— Gloria Estefan

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

— Carly Simon

Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in…

— Martin Amis

My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and…

— Harley Viera-Newton

A father's suspicion...' she began. Is as powerful as a mother's intuition.' ~pg 87, Ruana Singh and Jack Salmon

— Alice Sebold

It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or…

— Elizabeth Reaser

My mum is just the sweetest person on Earth, and if I turned into her, I wouldn't be that upset at all;…

— Margot Robbie

We're all sons and daughters of God, and therefore in a very literal sense, brothers and sisters. And we ought to treat…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

For every hour a mother gets to herself, a father will demand five times that amount for drinking with friends and acting…

— Drew Magary

I found a very diabolical way of making myself suffer - not in the same way [my mother ] was suffering but…

— Gene Wilder

I think "waste of your brain" is something that my mother would say to me occasionally - I think it's usually when…

— Florence Welch

As we heal, the Earth Mother feels our joy. We are like cells in and on her body. The power of love,…

— Jamie Sams

“She felt a lump form in her throat, and she swallowed hard. She wouldn't have this-the swollen ankles and pink cheeks and…

— Sarah Pekkanen

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks not where man cowers,…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Sexual activity, for women, has a history of vulnerability, in a way it simply does not have for men. The mother has…

— Terri E Apter

Rodney set a plate in front of me and one in front of my mother. I almost fainted when she began to…

— Jeaniene Frost

“I lost Susy thirteen years ago; I lost her mother--her incomparable mother!--five and a half years ago; Clara has gone away to…

— Mark Twain

One of my favorite movie characters is Mother Sister from Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing.' It is such a beautiful name,…

— Kevin Morby

And I think that motherhood has made me a better actress as well.

— Mahima Chaudhry

Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it's a societal issue we have.

— Susan Wojcicki

Mother Nature is the great equalizer. You can't get away from it.

— Christopher Heyerdahl

“Your mother gives birth to you only once and only once do you die,”

— Andrzej Sapkowski

Baby, mother thinking that you on some other shit. Oh, what a job this is...

— Devin Tha Dude

“God save me from politicians, Christians, or pagans who think they are my mother!”

— Steve Brown

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

— Mary McLeod Bethune

The first song that I ever recorded was written by my mother.

— Celine Dion

“Girls are pearls, ladies are rubies, mothers are moulders, and women are wonderful.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“Say it, forget it; write it, regret it,” my mother had always said.”

— Jenni Moen

We're all nurtured by mother nature's cycles and seasons.

— Costa Georgiadis

We laugh, we cry, we make time fly... we are best friends, my mom and I.

— Anonymous

I have a very non-existent, dysfunctional relationship with my biological mother.

— Antoni Porowski

The family of my mother had a lot of money; the family of my father, nothing.

— Charo

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

— Sonia Rykiel

Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.

— Nancy Friday