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Motherhood Quotes by Erma Bombeck
- It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
- Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.
- Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for…
- The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a mother…
- Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility…
- Remember, you can lead a fifty-seven-year-old body to motherhood, but you can't make it stay awake.
- When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.
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- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
- The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. — Honore de Balzac
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- The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. — Tallulah Bankhead
- Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect… — Beck
- Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. — Henry Ward Beecher
- The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you. — Jill Bennett
- It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools,… — Ezra Taft Benson
- If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? — Milton Berle