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Mother Quotes

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Mother, Shakespeare

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"My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer."

"My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Mother, Father, Influence

15

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, People, Forget

15

"Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother."

"Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

15

"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays."

"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

Mother, Community, Theatre

15

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

Eva Green, French Actress

15

"Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased."

"Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Mother, Father, Duty

15

"I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man."

"I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched them. I respect it so much that the sitcom itself and Ed Norton; I'm not playing Ed Norton but my version of it, cause I'm a black man."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

Mother, Baby, Cause, Man

15

"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."

"Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

15

"My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother."

"My honeymoon night was spent on the floor in the bathroom with my mother."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

15

"My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity."

"My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

Mother, Ambition, Celebrity, Clothes

14

"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Mother, Man, Play, Race

14

"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

"My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

14

"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

Mother, Goal, Baby, Challenge

14

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

"I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Mother, America

14

"Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism."

"Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism."

Jessi Colter, American Musician

14

"This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford."

"This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Mother, Career, Man, Now

14

"As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the mother of all shows not only because of its legacy, but because it is by far the most demanding game show."

"As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the mother of all shows not only because of its legacy, but because it is by far the most demanding game show."

Randy West, American Entertainer

14

"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."

"I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Mother, Being, Responsibility

14

"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."

"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Mother, Father, Sister, Windows

14

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

"I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Mother, Father, Ecstasy

14

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

Mother, Children

14

"It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed."

"It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Mother, Being, Parents

14

"For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there were. At the end of the play, the mother realizes the terrible things she had done."

"For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there were. At the end of the play, the mother realizes the terrible things she had done."

Fay Wray, American Actress

Mother, End, Play

14

"I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do y'all want for lunch, and as we're eating lunch, what do y'all want for dinner? It's always about the next meal."

"I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do y'all want for lunch, and as we're eating lunch, what do y'all want for dinner? It's always about the next meal."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

Mother, Eating, Memories, Saying

14

"My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!"

"My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!"

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

14

"You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother."

"You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Mother, Divorce, Sleep

14

"Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make."

"Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make."

James Gandolfini, American Actor

Mother, Father, Career

14

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Mother, Curiosity

14

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, Competition, Want

14

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Road

14

"I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way."

"I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way."

John Lone, American Actor

14

"One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms."

"One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Daughter, Being, Kids

14

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

14

"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

"Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories."

Courteney Cox, American Actress

14

"There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother."

"There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. I was doing my mother."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

Mother, Motherhood, Play, Study

14

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

"Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

14

"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother."

"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother."

Gypsy Rose Lee, American Entertainer

Mother, Present

14

"How old am I? I'm as old as my mother told me. How's that?"

"How old am I? I'm as old as my mother told me. How's that?"

Charles Manson, American Criminal

14

"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Mother, Sister, Care

14

"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."

"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

14

"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."

"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Mother, Children, Effect, Losing

14

"A mother's love is the morning sunshine that always enlightens our way."

"A mother's love is the morning sunshine that always enlightens our way."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mother, Sunshine, Guidance

14

"I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying."

"I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying."

Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Dancer

Mother, People, Party, Russia

13

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."

"When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."

Halle Berry, American Actress

13

"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

"I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Mother, Girls, Growing up

13

"Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing."

"Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

13

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Mother, Friend, Nothing, Want

13

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

Mother, Wife, HusbBlood, Children

13

"I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet."

"I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, People, Earth, Harmony

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