Mum Quotes · Page 9

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well

— Marc Anthony

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.

— Holliday Grainger

I think I'm far too hopeful and trusting. That's something I got from my mum.

— Dave Eggers

Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.

— Carol Thatcher

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

— Anonymous

Would like to congratulate her parents on having such an awesome daughter-well done! :p

— Sarah Moores

My mum was quite strict, so I was in a very strict household.

— Kalki Koechlin

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

— Rachel Weisz

“Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that…

— Jim Carrey

When I was 13, I remember crying on my mum's shoulder when my first girlfriend dumped me via MSN Messenger. That was cold.

— Conor Maynard

I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry about whether it's made for men or…

— Mark Ronson

As a child in Sydney, my German Mum and my Austrian Dad would spontaneously tell me stories about what they saw and…

— Markus Zusak

I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was…

— Estelle

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me…

— Adele

I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference…

— Jane Asher

My mum is Croatian, and obviously she's female and she's very emotional, very hot-blooded, very touchy-feely, whereas I think my dad's quite…

— Tamara Ecclestone

When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause…

— Paul Weller

Well, I'd never done an animated movie before, which is why I was so excited about doing it. It was one of…

— Ashley Jensen

“The air in my home is heavy with my mom's unhappiness. And her exhaustion. And her sheer dissatisfaction with her life. And…

— Laura Buzo

My parents took me to the Bronte parsonage in England when I was a teenager. I had a fight with my mum,…

— Eleanor Catton

As a child, I'd help my mum cook, and it was ridiculous - she had the correct gadget or utensil for everything.…

— Kelis

When you're young, no one cares who your parents are, although Mum would arrive to pick me up in her full hair…

— Georgia May Jagger

My parents being Bengali, we always had music in our house. My nani was a trained classical singer, who taught my mum,…

— Shreya Ghoshal

As a kid I'd lie awake at night and convince myself that a meteor was about to hit the Earth. It's my…

— Ellie Goulding

My mum always told me, 'Have something to fall back on' and I never really listened.

— Chuck Mosley

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

— Andy Murray

Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.

— Naomi Campbell

I'm a talker. I don't bottle things up. I always call my mum or a close girlfriend and try to talk things…

— Louise Roe

No matter how old you are, a hug from your mum makes everything feel better.

— Sarah Moores

Nothing beats having this beautiful child look at me and say mum. I get soppy all the time.

— Nicole Appleton

I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

— Jennifer Ellison

Your truest best friend is your mum, the best man in your life is your dad, and your closest friends are your…

— Sarah Moores

My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have…

— Lesley Garrett

Nothing in the world that I could compare with you MUM. You are the best LOVE YOU…

— Anonymous

Sometimes you look back at girls you spent money on rather than send it to your mum and you realise witchcraft is…

— Robert Mugabe

“Motherhood: The most exhausting, emotional, rewarding and life-enhancing journey a woman can take.”

— Charlotte Pearson

“My mother is my friend Who shares with me her bread All my hopelessness cured! Her company makes me secured!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

As a working mum, it's really hard to find time in the day to just relax and take a break. I am…

— Kirsty Gallacher

My father came to England from India in 1957, and my mum came in 1960.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar