- 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
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I was a little girl, I always loved fashion. I would watch my mother get dressed and suggest things she should wear.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the age of 62, my father died of cancer - it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings.
- Nov 07, 2020
The sound of a mother's voice expresses a feeling of intimacy, which has a truly magical effect on the listener.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was an army officer who left the forces when I was six and never really fitted back into civilian life. My mother had five children and a mother with Alzheimer's, who lived with us, so I imagined that she had a lot to do.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It's so natural for a woman to open up her mirror and apply lipstick.
- Braver
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why is it braver to be a single mother versus being with a partner? Being in a couple and having a child could be more challenging because there might be conflict if the male partner cannot understand the extreme attachment a woman feels when she has a child.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lead a very normal life. I'm just so happy being a mother that everything else revolves around that. If a movie falls through or a TV show doesn't get picked up, I'm pretty easygoing about it because I'm just like, 'Yay, I get to be with my kids more!'
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.K., my mother had been the breadwinner. I'd seen my parents side by side. In Saudi Arabia, my mother was basically rendered disabled. She was unable to drive, dependent on my dad for everything. The religious zealotry was so suffocating.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up as an only child with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school in Los Angeles, my mother, who was a speech therapist, agreed to stay over the weekend with one of her clients and his little sister while the parents went away on vacation. She brought me along.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with a single mother, and although we didn't have a lot of money, she cared a great deal about what we ate. We were the original health-food family. We shopped at what were called health-food stores before Whole Foods - everything came from bins.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in a storybook, atop a horse, wearing a didashah and pointing a long arm.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a mother is sitting in a chair at the office, someone needs to be at home with her child. In some cases, that is a father. Much of the time, the material manifestation of the conflict is a nanny.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first person besides my mother who believed in me was a man whose last name I never knew. He was my boss, the manager of Swenson's Ice Cream shop.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020