- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Quotes
On mothers, their advice, and what stays with us.
Several of these lines trace back to childhood impressions left by a mother's words, whether about appearance, privacy, or simply keeping close watch. For prayer-toned reflections, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Obviously
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother obviously was in the publishing business.
- Nov 07, 2020
Night is the mother of thoughts.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a reader; my father was a reader. Not anything particularly sophisticated. My mother read fat historical or romantic novels; my father liked to read Westerns, Zane Grey, that kind of stuff. Whatever they brought in, I read.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.
- Gratitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother's Day is a welcome event in partisan times. Nearly everyone agrees that we should show mothers gratitude.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother taught me how to love.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother raised me to open the car door, open the door; if you take a woman out, you should pick up the check, and blah blah blah - whatever.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was unwell when I was 11, had a stroke at 14 and died when I was 18. My mother going to work at seven in the morning and coming back to look after him and me and my brother left its mark on me.
- Nov 07, 2020