Mother Quotes

As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last into its arms as a wearied child upon the bosom of its mother.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- Death
- Child
- Films
When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.

Jools Holland
- Remember
- Small
- Listening

I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.

Edwina Findley
My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.

Melissa Rivers
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellows call me Bill!.

Eugene Field
- Father
- Fellows
- Call Me
I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as I'm concerned, mommies, in general, rule the world. And single mothers just take it to a whole other level.

Nia Long
- World
- Enough
- Praise
My mother loved Gene Wilder when I was growing up, so I used to watch all his movies with her. I just adore him.

Lucy Punch
- Up
- Mother
- Growing
I am my mother's daughter,... I am her only novel.

Marge Piercy
- Mother
- Daughter
- Novel