Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. ~Meryl Streep
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. ~Oscar Wilde
Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved
My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. ~Buddy Hackett
Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do. ~Author Unknown
A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, “where mother is.” ~Keith L. Brooks
God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. ~E. M. Forster
My mother… she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.
~ Jodi Picoult
When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. ~ Erma Bombeck
Jennifer Connolly
Saturday 9th of May 2015
Great quotes. I've been known to use a few of them. Especially about dinner...take it or leave it!