- Hope
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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
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57. He and my mother had always played tennis - a couples' game of mixed doubles and tennis bracelets and Love-Love. But in mourning, Dad turned Job-like to golf, a game of frustration and golf widows and solitary hours on the range.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every movie and every TV show, the dads are morons. And dads tend to react by doing what dads do best: They check out. They say, 'Ask your mother.'
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born into a household where my aunt, grandmother and mother lived their music. They all sang harmony, and by the time I was 2, I could sing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' in three-part harmony.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the kind of guy a girl would take home to her mother. She'd kick the girl out and probably call the cops on me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Equal justice under the law, even if it's your mother. That was a point of admiration in our household. It was drilled into me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out - normal kid stuff. But then I'd hear my mother talking about it to her relatives, marveling at it as if it was something unique. And it made me realize, 'Oh, maybe I do have a talent for something.'
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first trip I can remember would have to be to Marianna, Arkansas. My mother's parents are from there, and we'd go every year to visit the church where they were buried. We'd attend church service that day, put flowers around their tombstones, and visit with family and friends that still lived there.
- Son
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.'
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was very bright. My mother had enormous drive. Put that together, and that's my gene pool.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020