Quotes About Mother

My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

My mom has always shopped for me. I'm so lucky that I have an in-house stylist.

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

There's no real substitute for the care of the real mother.

All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me.

My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.

I used to steal my father's cologne, and it was so strong. My mother would always know when I did because it was so intrusive. That's why I like Evolution - it's a strong yet subtle scent.

When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map.

My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment.

A mother's love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

The greatest gift I've ever been given is to be able to take care of my beautiful, amazing mamma—the strongest Root Person in my life.

a face only a mother could love"?

È ora che ti faccia accorciare i capelli» disse una mattina ad Ernesto sua madre. « Cosí non ti voglio piú vedere. Prima di pranzo, passa da Bernardo. Eccoti i soldi». Bernardo era un barbiere che aveva la bottega in faccia alla casa di Ernesto. Da piú di un mese la signora Celestina pregava Ernesto di farsi fare quella piccola operazione. Molto amante dell'ordine, non poteva vedere suo figlio andare in giro come un selvaggio

Small boy's definition of Father's Day: It's just like Mother's Day only you don't spend so much.

The remembrance of a beloved mother becomes a shadow to all our actions; it precedes or follows them.

A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and loves you just the same.

Children always know when company is in the living room - they can hear their mother laughing at their father's jokes

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A mother is the one who is still there when everyone else has deserted you.

If I look closely, I can almost see myself floating in my mother's palm. Yet, when I shut my eyes, I find a different image of my mother releasing me as we dance in the storm and twirl in separate circles that cause the water to ripple from us in widening rings which merge in one ebbing bracelet of waves where the borders of the quarry meet the water, far from the center where my mother and I continue to spin our bodies in the radiant sheen of lightning.

She detested the princes cordially, because she had asked them for help long ago when the hamster kingdom had been trapped under a spell of sleep, and they had laughed at her. (Her mother insisted on the 'cordial' part. Harriet would have preferred to detest them actively, possibly with screaming, but since their parents ruled neighbouring kingdoms, this was not considered diplomatic.)

Molezelda vaguely. "They always do what their mother tells them. Who are you?" "Nobody in particular," said Wilbur. "Just a prince. Ignore me.

The last time Wendell's mother had caught them playing cowboys and Indians, she'd read them a twenty-minute lecture on the history of Native American oppression, which had really put a damper on things. It was hard to have a thrilling shoot-out while yelling: 'I respect your position and hope that we can come to a mutually respectful conclusion!