- Me
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was it for me.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the streetcar with somebody who looked like they could be my mother and go to the end of the line.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sleep is Mother Nature's best effort yet to counter death.
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020
Veal, by definition, is the product of a sick, anemic, deliberately malnourished calf, a newborn dragged away from his mother in the first hours of life. Veal calves are dealt the harshest of punishments for the least essential of meats.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's sister married a man from Barbados, and my cousins were raised in Barbados. So we traveled down there, they came up every summer for camp, and I started paying attention to their music. And that was the first place I ever remember hearing reggae and liking it.
- Deep South
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, my mother used to say, 'Don't ever bring no nappy-head Black girl to my house.' In the deep South in the '50s, '60s and '70s, the shade of your Blackness was considered important. So I, unfortunately, grew up hearing that message.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020