Mum Quotes · Page 13

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

— Tori Amos

My mum's amazing - every time I achieve something in my career, she buys me a diamond earring.

— Katie McGrath

Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.

— Orla Brady

And I used to buy 'Fangoria,' the horror magazine, which made my mum wonder if I was going to be a serial…

— Joe Cornish

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that…

— Elton John

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

— Abbie Cornish

When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it.

— Tim Vine

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I…

— Dave Eggers

I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing -…

— Charlotte Church

I'm going to take care of the man I'm with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care of…

— Nicole Scherzinger

I inherited my weight problem from my mum. She was always on diets. If there was a box of chocolates in the…

— Lesley Nicol

living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear…

— Kathy Lette

I think there's always interest in how the other half live - I see myself as a down-to-earth Essex mum who just…

— Penny Lancaster

Whenever when I sit all alone reminiscing about those people that build up my world, then your thought come to my mind…

— Usman Ismaheel

I love being around my family. I am very close to my mum, my brother, my grandmother, my aunts - we constantly…

— Jourdan Dunn

It's unusual to spend even three full hours away from my newborn baby, it's like a piece of my body is back…

— Naomi Watts

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it…

— Sally Pearson

My mum - and my granny and I - would close the curtains, turn on the TV and snuggle up and watch…

— Cherie Lunghi

You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe…

— Paloma Faith

My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when…

— Natalia Tena

Characters in TV and theatre tend to experience a lot of conflict, so I push myself through sport to physical and emotional…

— Elliot Cowan

I'm afraid that this is me getting on my high horse now but we have yob television, yob newspapers, and funny enough…

— Gordon Strachan

My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to…

— Denise Mina

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

— Yuna Kim

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

— Ashley Jensen

When my mum first told me she got sick, I didn't cry. I probably cried over my mum's illness twice.

— Jack Osbourne

I'm very grateful to all my family, especially my mum of course.

— Fred

I don't let other people tell me what to do. Well, unless it's my mum.

— Dakota Blue Richards

I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

— Diane Abbott

I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met.

— Kelly Osbourne

I had some music lessons and my mum played every instrument but the guitar.

— Brandy Clark

My kitchen is an imitation, really, of my mum's, except for the big American fridge.

— Big Narstie

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.

— Gemma Arterton

I'm definitely someone who likes to fly by the seat of her pants. My mum always prays for the best.

— Ali Larter

My mum wants the best for me. And I like having my mum around me.

— Dionne Bromfield

I switch from the No 26 jersey to No 52 jersey because of a professional fortune-teller my mum knows.

— Nicklas Bendtner

When I was younger, I was like, 'I want to be on Playboy.' My mum was a Playmate.

— Sophie Monk

I always remember smelling Chanel No. 5 at home - my mum used to literally pour it, and she rocked it.

— Rita Ora

My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21.

— Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark