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Quotes About Mother

The doctor's name was Sylvia. I told her she'd have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother's name.
~ Paul Lynde
I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.
~ Carmen Ejogo
I guess I define myself as a mother, a wife, kind of a nutty person. A good person.
~ Meredith Vieira
Mother was a talkative person, and I was a lot like her.
~ Charley Pride
Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.
~ James M. Barrie
I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done.
~ Billy Corgan
My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.
~ Lauren Graham
When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.
~ Lorna Luft
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
~ Zoe Wanamaker
One lamp — thy mother's love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.
~ Nathaniel Parker Willis
At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.
~ Bill Forsyth
My mother's five foot two and, I'll be honest with you, she's the only person I'm scared of.
~ Kiefer Sutherland
My mother was my best friend and confidante.
~ Renata Tebaldi
Mother Mother Ocean, I have heard your call.
~ Jimmy Buffett
The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.
~ Swami Vivekananda
A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
I know that a mother, no matter how impoverished or uneducated, will do anything to save her babies.
~ Jane Chen
Sister, mother And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea, Suffer me not to be separated And let my cry come unto Thee.
~ T. S. Eliot
Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.
~ Richard Watson Gilder
I wanted to leave high school in 1958 and join the Cuban revolution. So the only reason I did not come to join [Fidel] Castro was because my mother would not let me. I was only 16.
~ Huey Newton
When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
~ Daniel Day-Lewis
My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.
~ David Antin
My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.
~ Lorna Luft
I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.
~ Phil Donahue