Mother Quotes

My father is a businessman, and my mother is a schoolteacher.

Kangana Ranaut
I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were.

Jimmy Dean
- Time
- Good
- School

Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.

Orson F. Whitney
- History
- Poetry
- Sister
At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That's what I'm doing for my boys now.

Dwyane Wade
- Life
- Father
- Childhood
The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.

Laura Esquivel
- Life
- Up
- Family
I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?

Sam Sheppard
You never get over bein' a child long's you have a mother to go to.

Sarah Orne Jewett
- Mother
- Child
I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.

David Blaine
- She
- Remember
- Gypsy