Mother Quotes

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.

Lauren Bacall
- Mother
- Son
- I Remember
Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- Mother
- Change
- Customs

We lived in the shadow of our rich relations. Mother was intent on keeping up with the people she was raised with, which was impossible. My father was a physician who wanted to be a rabbi but was weighed down by a great sense of obligation to support his family in style.

Stewart Stern
- Style
- Rich
- Relations
My mother had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire.

Carrie Fisher
- Mother
- Admire
My mother is an extraordinary woman, extraordinary.

Carrie Fisher
- Mother
- Extraordinary
At 14, I was playing in clubs until 3 A.M. My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans and my mother was a judge, so I saw hookers and drugs but I never wanted that life.

Harry Connick, Jr.
- Dad
- Drug
- Judging
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.

H. W. Brands
- Mother
- Night
- Answers
The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called She Married Her Boss with Melvyn Douglas.

Harry Dean Stanton