Quotes about mother
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Robert O'Hara photo

“I did, not only because of that, but also because there was no value placed on education in my family. My mother just assumed I was smart, and I had glasses so I was called “four eyes,” and I was always reading a book, and so the outsider feeling came from the fact that I really loved school…”

Robert O'Hara American playwright and theatre director

Source: On feeling like an outsider both at his school and in his home life in “Artist Interview with Robert O'Hara” https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/trailers/artist-interview-robert-ohara/ in Playwrights Horizon

Harlan Ellison photo

“And my mother said—and I remember this as if it were yesterday—my mother with a washcloth in her hand and me standing at the sink, she said, "You must have said something to get them angry."”

Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer

And it was an icicle just jammed into my chest. That my own mother—and with cause! It was not as if I was the greatest kid in the world. I was a troublemaker! I was a brat! I was a big-mouth pain in the ass! But that my own mother would not understand—at that moment I had what, now at age seventy-two I understand, was an enormous epiphany, which is: I really cannot support it, I cannot bear it, when people laugh at me.
Source: Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018887/ (documentary), at about 28:10.
Context: About being beaten up by bullies as a child.

Frederick Douglass photo
Brad Garrett photo
Alice Meynell photo
Harry Gordon Selfridge photo

“Commerce is the mother of the arts, the sciences, the professions, and in this twentieth century has itself become an art, a science, a profession.”

Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947) America born English businessman

The Romance of Commerce (1918), Concerning Commerce

Warren Farrell photo

“If the life of a beloved woman—whether romantic partner or mother—is at risk, his life is at risk.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 241

Lila Downs photo

“I feel a spiritual sense, and that sense is a connection between generations. Some of the lyrics are about connecting intuitively with Mother Earth, sometimes with our evil nature, sometimes with our goodness. I love to connect with my ancestors. Also, I need to express these concerns that are a part of my generation.”

Lila Downs (1968) Mexican American singer-songwriter

On striking a balance between traditional and contemporary issues in “Lila Downs Reminds Us of the Strength Women Bring to Latin America and its History” https://sheshredsmag.com/lila-downs-14/ in She Shreds (2018 May 3)
Music and culture

Lila Downs photo

“I also come from a matriarchal family. My grandmother was left alone, not by choice. And then my mother as well. We lost my father when I was 16; he died. I was an adolescent figuring out that you’re not really worth much when you’re all women…”

Lila Downs (1968) Mexican American singer-songwriter

On how her village shunned Downs’ solely female household in “Lila Downs Reminds Us of the Strength Women Bring to Latin America and its History” https://sheshredsmag.com/lila-downs-14/ in She Shreds (2018 May 3)
Womanhood

Lila Downs photo

“My mother would really make me notice the world of women, and in Latin America they have a kind of magic in that they make society function in every kind of intimate way, as well as in the bigger picture.”

Lila Downs (1968) Mexican American singer-songwriter

On the lessons that Downs’ mother instilled in her in “Lila Downs Reminds Us of the Strength Women Bring to Latin America and its History” https://sheshredsmag.com/lila-downs-14/ in She Shreds (2018 May 3)
Womanhood

Lila Downs photo
Hunter Biden photo

“Call your mother . It seems every time we talk she tells people I'm in appropriate with you. I don't want to make matters worse for you or myself.”

Hunter Biden (1970) American lawyer, investment advisor, and second son of former Vice President Joe Biden

26 July 2018 to Natalie Biden

“I had jars in my bedroom, much to the chagrin of my mother, you couldn't throw away a mayonnaise jar in my house. That was a specimen jar.”

George H. Burgess (1949) American biologist

Source: No. 1 shark expert in Florida? George Burgess https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/sharks/2014/08/10/fla-shark-researcher-international-reputation/13881793/ (August 10, 2014)

“I often got a belt from my mother with a wet dish cloth for kicking a ball through a window.”

Colm O'Rourke (1957) Irish Gaelic football player, journalist and businessman

A disagreement with Oisín McConville over the best gifts to give loved ones at half-time during the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Quoted in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/tv-view-dublin-look-towards-seventh-heaven-as-mayo-s-hell-lingers-on-1.4441949 in December 2020

Margaret Cho photo
James Thomson (B.V.) photo
Diadochos of Photiki photo

“Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.”

Diadochos of Photiki (400–486) Byzantine saint

§ 70
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)

Janusz Korwin-Mikke photo

“Let's be straight, anarchist demanding state-sponsored welfare would be akin to a Catholic demanding right to rape the Mary, mother of Jesus.”

Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942) polish politician

Polish: Powiedzmy sobie jasno, anarchista, który by się domagał zasiłków socjalnych od państwa to jest to samo, co katolik, który by się domagał prawa do zgwałcenia Matki Boskiej.
Source: 2020 interview https://joemonster.org/filmy/104796

“From the age of eight or nine my mother had me washing dishes on a biscuit tin at the Holyrood.”

Brian McEniff (1942) Irish Gaelic football player and manager

McEniff, the Sunday Tribune, 2004.

Ron English photo

“Adversity is the mother of contention.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

Ingmar Bergman photo

“I come from a world of conservative Christian thought. I've absorbed Christianity with my mother's milk. So it must be obvious that certain… archetypes, aren't they called?”

Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) Swedish filmmaker

stick in one's mind, and that certain lines, certain courses of events, certain ways of behaving, become adequate symbols for what goes on in the Christian system of ideas. … I keep myself supplied with my own angels and demons...
Torsten Manns interview.
Bergman on Bergman (1970)

Donald J. Trump photo

“And we see it in the mothers and the fathers who get up at the crack of dawn; they work two jobs and sometimes three jobs. They sacrifice every day for the furniture and — future of their children.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Remarks by President Trump at the 2017 Values Voter Summit https://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/random-words-donald-trump/5573/ (13 October 2017)
2017, October 2017

Chris Walas photo

“Technically, it’s about getting the basic forms and proportions right for your goal. It’s NOT about details. Details are easy and definitely keep designs alive onscreen, but if the basic forms are not natural, believable and convincing, no amount of details is going to make much difference. And when in doubt, study Mother Nature.”

Chris Walas (1955) American special effects artist and film director

TALKING WITH CREATURE EFFECTS LEGEND CHRIS WALAS…OR AS I KNOW HIM, UNCLE CHRIS https://www.starwars.com/news/talking-with-creature-effects-legend-chris-walas-or-as-i-know-him-uncle-chris (March 1, 2016)

“The safest way to transport a sick newborn, so hospital wisdom goes, is when it is still inside its mothers.”

Perri Klass (1958) American pediatrician and writer

[Baby Doctor, https://books.google.com/books?id=8VAsAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=newborn, 1992, 249, Random House, 978-0-679-40957-1]

Samuel Johnson photo
Mark Wahlberg photo

“I'll tell you now that's the mother-fucker whose head I split open.”

Mark Wahlberg (1971) American actor, television producer and rap musician
Benjamin Zephaniah photo

“As the only black kid in my primary school playground, animals had become my friends. By 15 I was vegan, although I didn't give up honey until 16. For a while my mother thought it was just "a rasta phase."”

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958) English poet and author

… I can honestly say I've not been tempted to give up veganism in 27 years. I sometimes smell a chip shop and like the smell but then feel guilty because fish might be part of it. But I'll go home and make vegan chips. After all these years, my favourite food is my mother's butter bean stew with whole potatoes, yam and dasheen. I don't think I've ever made a meal for her, to be honest. I think she would consider it a failing of her motherhood and say "Boy, get out the kitchen."
"Interview: Benjamin Zephaniah" by John Hind, TheGuardian.com (18 July 2010) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/18/benjamin-zephaniah-life-on-a-plate

Prevale photo

“My mother, a woman with a sweet, good, sensitive and elegant soul, with a big heart. A woman with personality, strong character and a courage that she knows no bounds.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) ​Mia madre, una donna dall'animo dolce, buono, sensibile ed elegante, con un cuore grande. Una donna con personalità, dal carattere forte ed un coraggio che non conosce limiti.
Source: prevale.net

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“The elements that make a mother special: love, sweetness, character, patience and courage.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Gli elementi che rendono speciale una madre: amore, dolcezza, carattere, pazienza e coraggio.
Source: prevale.net

“I don't care who gets in my way--my mother, my grandmother, my daughter: I'll knock each and every one of them on their ass.”

Jack Tatum (1948–2010) All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety, College Footbal…

Final Confessions of NFL Assassin Jack Tatum by Jack Tatum with Bill Kushner (1996)

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya photo

“I think that people have put too much responsibility on me. People are forgetting that a year ago I was just a mother, not at all involved in politics. I have had to study a lot and I’m trying to do what I can, where I am … But the responsibility isn’t just on me, it’s on all Belarusians.”

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982) Belarusian politician and educator

"Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘Belarusians weren’t ready for this level of cruelty’" in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-belarusians-not-ready-cruelty-lukashenko-belarus (9 August 2021)

Rudy Rucker photo

“Mother Nature doesn’t want power-tripping greedheads looking up her skirts.”

Source: Mathematicians in Love (2006), Chapter 2, “Cone Shell Aliens” (p. 59)

Alex Morgan photo

“I want to show that I deserve to be at the top. I want to be the best player that I can be, that I can be a valuable member of the team after being a mother.”

Alex Morgan (1989) American soccer player

"Alex Morgan says she is fighting for equal pay for her daughter" https://en.as.com/en/2021/05/10/soccer/1620674328_417702.html (May 10, 2021)

Marcelo H. del Pilar photo
Martha Beall Mitchell photo

“I wanted to go into dramatics and become an actress, but my mother wouldn't let me.”

Martha Beall Mitchell (1918–1976) Wife of American politician

[Fischer, Dean, Martha Mitchell's View From The Top, TIME, November 30, 1970, 96, 22, 43, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904539,00.html, 12 September 2019]

Buchi Emecheta photo
Bill Maher photo
Christopher Hitchens photo
Madeline Carroll photo

“It's true what your mother says, I think any boy who doesn't see that you're special, doesn't deserve your attention.”

Madeline Carroll (1996) American actress

Source: Madeline Carroll Talks New Film ‘Destined To Ride’ – Exclusive Interview https://www.celebsecrets.com/madeline-carroll-talks-new-film-destined-to-ride-exclusive-interview/ (August 30, 2018)

“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred”

Halyna Hutchins (1979–2021) Ukrainian-American cinematographer and investigative journalist

Source: 22 October 2021 https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/1451572461787439106 by Alec Baldwin the day after Alec killed her with a firearm

Patricia Heaton photo

“The beauty of being a Catholic is, this is not the last time I will ever see my mother, we will be together again, there’s just this period where she’s not here, and so it’s not the most desperate feeling. It’s pretty bad, but it’s not the worst.”

Patricia Heaton (1958) American actress

Source: Patricia Heaton's Catholicism Helped Her Cope with Her Mom’s Death: ‘We Will Be Together Again’ https://people.com/tv/patricia-heaton-catholicism-mom-death/ (May 17, 2018)

John Ribat photo

“While we are saying that the Catholic Church is the mother church, then we have to be true to our name and embrace all.”

John Ribat (1957) cardinal

Source: Cardinal Ribat of PNG: putting the peripheries at the centre http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2016/11/18/cardinal_ribat_of_png_putting_the_peripheries_at_the_centre/en-1273170 (2016)

“Where there is Mary, there is Jesus and where there is Jesus there is joy, Mary is not only the Mother of God, she is the Mother of all of us who seek her constant intercession, we entrust our suffering to her.”

John Barwa (1955) Roman Catholic archbishop

Jubilee for the Marian Shrine in Orissa. Christians: "We entrust our suffering to Mary" http://www.fides.org/en/news/65678-ASIA_INDIA_Jubilee_for_the_Marian_Shrine_in_Orissa_Christians_We_entrust_our_suffering_to_Mary (6 March 2019)

“Mary places herself between her Son and mankind in the reality of our hardships and sufferings. She places herself in the middle - she becomes a mediator not as a stranger, but in her role as true mother, aware that as such she makes present to her Son the needs of mankind.”

José Luis Mollaghan (1946) Argentinian archbishop

Argentinean bishop: Rosary helps Catholics face difficulties of life https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/21189/argentinean-bishop-rosary-helps-catholics-face-difficulties-of-life (18 October 2010)

Jean Ingelow photo

“When our thoughts are born,
Though they be good and humble, one should mind
How they are reared, or some will go astray
And shame their mother.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

"Gladys and Her Island", p. 238.
A Story of Doom (1867)

Jane Austen photo

“The pride of any mother is to give birth to a responsible and successful child.”

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657
Works, Pride and Prejudice

Nancy Reagan photo
Prevale photo

“Every woman, from becoming and feeling like a real mother, fights every day like a warrior in the name of love for her child with strength, courage and making great sacrifices; so that she always manages to give him serenity, happiness, security and will to live.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ogni donna, dal diventare e sentirsi una vera madre, lotta ogni giorno come una guerriera nel nome dell'amore per il proprio figlio con forza, coraggio e facendo grandi sacrifici; affinché riesca sempre a donargli serenità, felicità, sicurezza e voglia di vivere.
Source: prevale.net

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“For a true mother, you will be and always remain her greatest masterpiece of life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per una vera madre, sarai e rimarrai sempre il suo più grande capolavoro della vita.
Source: prevale.net

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“When I lack courage, I find it in my mother's eyes.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Quando mi manca il coraggio, lo trovo negli occhi di mia madre.
Source: prevale.net

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“Every true mother for own son, everyday perform sacrifices with love, to donate him an better future.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ogni vera madre per il proprio figlio, ogni giorno compie sacrifici con amore, per donargli un futuro migliore.
Source: prevale.net

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“Love and always be grateful to your mother. Despite her mistakes, merits or defects, she has granted you the most important, extraordinary and unrepeatable gift that can ever exist: life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Amate e siate sempre grati a vostra madre. Nonostante i suoi errori, pregi o difetti, vi ha concesso il dono più importante, straordinario e irripetibile che possa mai esistere: la vita.
Source: prevale.net

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“For a true mother, there is nothing better than making her most important work of art happy: her son.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per una vera madre, non c'è nulla di migliore che rendere felice la sua opera d'arte più importante: suo figlio.
Source: prevale.net