Mother Quotes

My mother persuaded me not to pluck my eyebrows when I was a teenager - right now I'm so grateful I never did! She also taught me to pour 2 kg. of salt in my bath whenever I feel swollen and tired - and to end it with a cold shower. It does wonders.

Margherita Missoni
- She
- Cold
- Tired
My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

Annette Bening
- Mother

I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.

Alex Gibney
- Up
- Power
- Father
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.

George Herbert Palmer
My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting influence must have been from her - yes, put it down to my mother.

Ciaran Hinds
- Mother
- Father
- Teacher
I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

Kelly Reilly
- Time
- Family
- She
Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

Christina Aguilera
- Time
- Family
- Father
I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger. Mother

Michael Baumgartner