Mother Quotes
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Some set more by such things as come from a distance, but I rec'lect mother always used to maintain that folks was meant to be doctored with the stuff that grew right about 'em.
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I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
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There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male is motivated by toys and science because men are born with no purpose in the universe except to procreate. There is lots of time to kill beyond that. They've got to find work. Men have no inherent center to themselves beyond procreating. Women, however, are born with a center. They can create the universe, mother it, teach it, nurture it. Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.
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A word spoken in season, at the right moment; is the mother of ages.
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Society's the mother of convention.
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Margaret Thatcher admitted to being the daughter of her father but not the daughter of her mother!
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The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called She Married Her Boss with Melvyn Douglas.
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All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go.
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I believe my mother was smart enough to know that in the night, you are willing to tell all. If she waited until the next day, she knew she'd get one-syllable answers.
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Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.
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When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
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My mother tongue is Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.
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I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother.
