Mom Quotes - Page 20

• My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Mother, Rip, Doors

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• You know, I never felt like I was young at the time and obviosly having Mia was absolutely planned. It's only know when I meet people who are my age and single, [with] no kids, that I reflect and say, 'Bloody hell? I really have leaved at a fast pace.'

  Kate Winslet

  Kids, People, Age

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• Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

  Ryan White

  Jobs, Financial Hardship, Good Job

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• My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

  Shaun White

  Dad, Cities, Fixing

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• My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.

  Rainn Wilson

  Play, Actresses, Theater

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 17, 2010.

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• I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family.

  Amy Winehouse

  Mother, Wife, Looks

  "Amy Winehouse remembered on what would have been her 30th birthday" by Katie Hind, www.mirror.co.uk. September 13, 2013.

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• Realizing you're not anything special to the kids is always a great sort of reminder that you're just a regular person. A regular embarrassing old mom.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Kids, Special, Realizing

  "Reese Witherspoon Marvels At Her 'Sophisticated' Kids" by Kara Warner, www.mtv.com. December 14, 2010.

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• I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

  will.i.am

  Dad, Kids, East

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.

  will.i.am

  Growing Up, Book, Drs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.

  will.i.am

  Kissing, Married, My Mom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.

  will.i.am

  School, Suits, Dresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think, as a working mom, I have to dress myself differently now. I used to wear very kind of precious clothes. Now I wear more black.

  Rachel Zoe

  Thinking, Clothes, Black

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• My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

  Daphne Zuniga

  Sarcastic, Sunday, Men

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• Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.

  Regina Brett

  Children, Comforting, Tears

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• I'm not a perfect mom, but I'm perfect for my kids.

  Niecy Nash

  Kids, Perfect

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• It's really one of my all-time favorite things to do. To go out and really see the kids and visit the moms who are in these programs because I think I really get to see what happens on the ground and connect with them about what changes are that happen in their lives because of some of the giving that we're able to do.

  Melinda Gates

  Change, Kids, Thinking

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• When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.

  John Irving

  Mother, Dark, Hands

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• So Uncle Stuart is marrying that lady? Mom says she's going to be our aunt Amy. She's okay except she would't try any peanut butter M&M chocolate chip fudge cookies. They were good- you ate five, remember? But she said she was on a special diet, and couldn't eat something called carbs. We told her we didn't put any carbs in our cookies, just M&Ms, but she said M&Ms were carbs. Uncle Mitch, what's carbs? Email to Uncle Mitch from Haily and Brittany.

  Meg Cabot

  Uncles, Aunt, Chocolate

  "Boy Meets Girl". Book by Meg Cabot, January, 2004.

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• But why didn't you just ask me?" I set down my fork and glare at her. "Because you were sleeping," She says, taking a sip if Chardonnay. "I was taking a nap, Mom. It wasn't intended to be some kind of Disney fairy-tale hundred-year snooze.

  Alyson Noel

  Sleep, Naps, Years

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• Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

  Jeannette Walls

  Children, People, Soul

  Jeannette Walls (2006). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• [Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy, I don't think you've ever invited me to... Calvin's Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin's Mom: You're contagious! You can't have anyone over to play! Calvin: Shhhh! Shhhh! You'll spoil the whole thing! I was going to trick Susie into catching... HEY! OW! LET GO! Susie: [Hanging up the phone] Any chance of getting transferred, Dad?

  Bill Watterson

  Letting Go, Dad, Boys

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• Sorry, mom. Sorry, God.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Sorry

  "Invisible Monsters". Book by Chuck Palahniuk, September, 1999.

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• My mom had a soft heart after all! Instead of being chained by both wrists, we were only chained by one ankle! I mean, if I’d been looking for proof that she really did love me, this was it, right?

  James Patterson

  Heart, Mean, Ankles

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• She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom.

  David Lubar

  Real, Book, Librarian

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• Ashton jumped in and said, 'I want you to know that I don't take coming into childrens lives lightly'. That was within the first couple of weeks of our relationship, before he had met the girls. they are my priority and I've always be sensitive to their feelings, but as the parent you can't allow your children to dictate what's right for you.

  Demi Moore

  Girl, Children, Couple

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