- Poetry
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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
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still use on airstrips. They had faith in my ambition, and I think that made all the difference.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually was brought up by an Airedale. I don't really remember my parents, especially my mother. It was only the dog that I saw.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a child is small, it is his mother who is mainly responsible for the way he is brought up. So it was with me. I belonged in those days to my mother rather than my father.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoyed playing with my mother. This was something she was good at. There were plenty of things she couldn't do, had never been taught to do, didn't need to do because there was someone to do them for her, and she certainly couldn't have coped alone with a tiny child.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think in any relationship, even in the healthiest of relationships, we are all parents to each other at times. I think that's a normal, healthy sort of relationship. I think there are times when we're each a mother and a father when we need to be.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was already committed to a play back in New York about Hans Christian Andersen, where Colleen Dewhurst was going to play my mother. I was excited about that, and I got this script called 'Back to the Future,' and I thumbed through it. Didn't pay a hell of a lot of attention.
- Endeavour
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mostly I've been inspired by my mother. She is extremely driven and always makes every endeavour sound exciting. I think most of the things I've accomplished are a result of knowing her.
- Street
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cristin Milioti! Who you might know from 'How I Met Your Mother' or 'The Wolf of Wall Street.' A pure delight.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020