Mother Quotes

Donald Trump's own mother Mary escaped the bone-crushing poverty of Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides for the promise of New York in 1929.

Peter Bergen
- Poverty
- Trump
- Promise
Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

Elizabeth Strout

I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.

Ken Dodd
- Mother
- Law
My mother was a fashion designer, and my father was a model.

Paige Butcher
- Father
- Fashion
- Model
My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.

Jerry Hall
- Family
- Mother
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.

Alan King
- She
- Mother
Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation.

Janet McTeer
- Up
- She
- Growing
Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.

Mary Schmich
- People
- May
- Death