Skip to content

Parenting Quote by Bernie Mac

“I had a white guy tell me...he said, 'Bern, why do black folks use the word 'mother-fucker?' Well, I'm gonna break down what the word mother-fucker actually means. Mother-fucker is somethin' that black folks have been using for years. It's about expression. Don't be ashamed of the word…” quote by Bernie Mac — Download Open image

“I had a white guy tell me...he said, 'Bern, why do black folks use the word 'mother-fucker?' Well, I'm gonna break down what the word mother-fucker actually means. Mother-fucker is somethin' that black folks have been using for years. It's about expression. Don't be ashamed of the word mother-fucker. Because the word mother-fucker is a noun: it describes a person, place, or thing!”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (7 ratings)

Parenting

More by Bernie Mac

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters…

Image

You've got guys in charge of shows who probably went to school for chemistry, and now they're executive producers.

Image

You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

Image

It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.

Image

I wasn't disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I…

Image

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

Image

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

Image

My girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right…

Image

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

Image

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school.…

Image

Bernie Mac is happy.

Image

I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at…

Image

Explore all 120 Bernie Mac quotes

More Parenting quotes

My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw…

Elizabeth Taylor

Image

Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

Image

“William didn't look like he'd be difficult about anything - he was thin and sandy-haired and already wore eyeglasses like his father. Most of…

Patricia C. Wrede

Image

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job…

Image

“Conception is the beginning of human life. From the time that an ovum is fertilized a new life begins that is neither that of…

Declaration on Procured Abortion Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1974

Image

Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.

Image

“As members of the Church, there are things you cannot do. For one, you cannot take a Las Vegas-style vacation. I do not know…

William Grant Bangerter

Image

“That’s all! Now either leave us alone or join us as a father rather than a receiver of sacrifices. You have the choice of…

Image

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

Elizabeth Zimmermann

Image

My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…

Image

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

Image

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

Image

Browse all 55,666 Parenting quotes