Mother Quotes

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive.

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

When I was 13 years old, my mom had me start getting facials in my hometown of Los Angeles.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she’s in sorrow.

It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?

On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.