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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day.
- Gas Chambers
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that.
- Cruel
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had Alzheimer's, and it's a desperately, desperately cruel thing to witness.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother worked at the telephone company during the day and sold Tupperware at night. Evenings, she took classes when she could at University of Maryland's University College, bringing me along to do homework while she studied to get the degree she hoped would offer her and me greater opportunities.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother never asked me whether I wanted to go to college, but told me I was going - to the University of Maryland on an academic scholarship.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.
- Nov 07, 2020
All the women close to me - my mother, sister, wife and friends - are strong and independent.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was funnier than anybody I ever worked for. My father was as funny as this coat. Not a laugh a minute, my father.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really liked to perform. My mother always tells this story: I was five. They had a party, and they'd put me to bed. I heard everyone on the rooftop, and I went upstairs. No one paid any attention to me, so I took a hose and sprayed everyone. Very elegant, right? 'It's me! Look at me!' I loved the attention.
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- Nov 07, 2020