Mother Quotes
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The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.
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The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing in the self-pity of adolescence and obsessive keyhole sexuality. The way out, as the poet says, is always through.
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Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.
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One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
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Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.
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When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?
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There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers.
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My entire life changed when I became a mother - my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.
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I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.
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Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
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My mother's work has been an enormous influence on me, but not literally. By that I mean, my photographs don't look like hers. That makes it difficult to compare them. What they do share is an emotional intensity.
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But I don’t think I’ve ever known such a natural at Potions!” said Slughorn. “Instinctive, you know — like his mother! I’ve only ever taught a few with this kind of ability, I can tell you that, Sybill — why even Severus —” And to Harry’s horror, Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air toward them.
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I actually think 'Sex and the City' helped share how complicated it all is, to be a wife, a mother, and working, and a sexual being.
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I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever.
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You want to be a good mother, and you want to be a good actress, and you want to be a good friend, and we expect this of us, to be all of this.
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Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.
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My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.
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Father was a good driver and enjoyed driving, but the sight of a female in charge of a vehicle was sometimes too much for him. If a car came to close or made the smallest mistake with the rules of the road he shouted, "blasted woman driver", to which my mother was often able to say, with truth, "Funny thing, she's dressed as a man."
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My mother is from Greece: she comes from Vrahos, a small village in Kastoria.
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The gift my mother gave me was the gift of possibility. From an early age, she instilled in me a belief that I could do anything I wanted to do. It wasn't a matter of, 'Can I?' or 'Should I?' It was just, 'You can, you must, you will!' She wanted me to believe that anything was possible.
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Add there was that moment when my mother and father walked in the door disguised as old people. I thought the miles in the car had bent them, dulled their eyes, even grayed and whitened their hair and caused their hands and voices to tremble. At the same time, I found, as I rose form the chair, I'd gotten old along with them.
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I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.
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All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
