Mom Quotes
For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
Wernher von BraunWernher von Braun A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
Christian Nestell BoveeChristian Nestell Bovee My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I’ve got that from her, I know she’s a fighter.
Naomi CampbellNaomi Campbell It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
Bernice KingBernice King The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother’s loss makes itself felt.
Jane Welsh CarlyleJane Welsh Carlyle A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
Steven WrightSteven Wright My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.
Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KingB. B. King My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I’ve always been a tennis fan.
Tom BradyTom Brady The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no more than my mother’s angels and djinns.
Ayaan Hirsi AliAyaan Hirsi Ali I have come to the exact part of my life that my mother did not tell me about.
Amy Turn SharpAmy Turn Sharp I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons – my mother had breast cancer and I think it’s very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
Paloma FaithPaloma Faith Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!
Dave GrohlDave Grohl