- 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
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it mattered the most, my mother was there for me. It was the moment that erased all those days she wasn't there.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider myself lucky to be an only child because if I had other siblings, my mother would not have been able to take me to every audition and be so supportive of my career.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Corporate share prices should not be driven by political tax games. Profits, not Washington shenanigans, should be the mother's milk of stocks. And this shouldn't be a partisan political issue.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left New York after my mother died and, rather aimlessly, had settled in Istanbul for a change of scene. It was a rather dramatic gesture on my part, since I'd lived in New York for 20 years, but I felt I needed something different - the escalating expense and pressure of New York had begun to weary me.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother sent me and my sisters to Italy every year for language school, so I spent a lot of my teenage years in Florence and Rome. After university I went to Harvard for a year, dropped out, and then went to Paris, where I ended up staying 10 years. It's different from being American: If you're British, you're expected to live at the far corners.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the limelight. Many times in my life, I was conscious of embarrassing her with my carrying on.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling!
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a dentist. And my mother was a - do we still say 'housewife'? A home engineer.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the art world is one of the last bastions of this kind of sexism where there is a mythology about a woman not being able to be both and artist and a mother: that some very important creative crystal inside a woman would be shattered by the idea of having a child.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020