Mothers Quotes

that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound a good deal better than she really was.

[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one.

MOTHER' A flower of our Life's garden, which we don't wanna let it withers ever.

…these mothers at their midnight council were more like one great mind probing itself, divided at times as great minds may be, but one entity

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.

The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.

...do you have someone you can stay with? Hell, stay with your mother. The Pentagon doesn’t have the security system she’s g

What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers.

Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.

It's like she thinks my job is to please her, and that should be my dearest wish, and when I don't please her - I get shut out.

Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They're the most vicious creatures in the world.

Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.

Even her pink bunny slippers seem to prick up their ears.Diary of a Penguin-napper (p. 15)

We don't get to choose who we fall in love with. If we did, the world would have fewer single mothers.

Definition of Father's Day: Same as Mother's Day but you don't spend as much.

My folks refused to have more than four children after reading that every fifth child born in the world is Chinese.

No matter what Dad was always there with solid words of advice . . . "Go ask your mother."

Father reading report card: One thing in your favor - with these grades you couldn't possibly be cheating.

Every small boy wonders why his father didn't go into the ice cream business.

No matter how old a mother is she still watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

There are three books my daughter felt were the most important influences in her life: the Bible her mother's cookbook and her father's checkbook.

Grandchildren don't make a man feel old it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

Dad named his first ulcer after me.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children now I have six children and no theories.

There's no such thing as a nonworking mother.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

I hope I look as good as my mother does when I reach the age she says she isn't.

I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because it's cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?

Even as individuals become families and families become communities, and communities become nations, so eventually must the nations draw together in peace.

Women's roles in the movies remain, for the most part, girlfriends, mothers, wives.