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Mothers
With a gift book for moms - WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU, MOM - just published, I've been collecting quotes about moms. Erma Bombeck is my all-time favorite humorist when it comes to the subject of motherhood, but not the only one to capture the essence of motherhood nicely.
DO ANY OF THESE SOUND LIKE YOUR MOM?:
“When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”
Erma Bombeck
“No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.”
Erma Bombeck
“Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. "Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?" "Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?" "Wasn't there any change?”
Erma Bombeck
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
Calvin Trillin
“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
Marguerite Duras
“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
“A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”
Teneva Jordan
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
Mark Twain
“If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.”
Larisa Oleynik
“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
Alice Walker
“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”
Peter De Vries
"Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries."
T. DeWitt Talmage
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
Abraham Lincoln
"Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you!"
Forest Houtenschil
"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy."
Spanish Proverb
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
Milton Berle
"[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."
Emily Dickinson
"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease."
Lisa Alther
"A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have."
Robert Brault
"Mother is a verb, not a noun."
Proverb
"Mom - the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself."
Robert Brault
"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart - a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."
Mark Twain
"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."
Carly Fiorina
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all."
Author Unknown
WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK YOUR MOM FOR THE MANY THINGS SHE'S DONE FOR YOU? Here's one way how: http://marshallbooks.net/books/what-i...
DO ANY OF THESE SOUND LIKE YOUR MOM?:
“When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”
Erma Bombeck
“No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.”
Erma Bombeck
“Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. "Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?" "Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?" "Wasn't there any change?”
Erma Bombeck
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
Calvin Trillin
“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
Marguerite Duras
“Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.”
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
“A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”
Teneva Jordan
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”
Mark Twain
“If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.”
Larisa Oleynik
“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
Alice Walker
“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”
Peter De Vries
"Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries."
T. DeWitt Talmage
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
Abraham Lincoln
"Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you!"
Forest Houtenschil
"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy."
Spanish Proverb
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
Milton Berle
"[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."
Emily Dickinson
"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease."
Lisa Alther
"A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have."
Robert Brault
"Mother is a verb, not a noun."
Proverb
"Mom - the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself."
Robert Brault
"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart - a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."
Mark Twain
"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."
Carly Fiorina
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all."
Author Unknown
WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK YOUR MOM FOR THE MANY THINGS SHE'S DONE FOR YOU? Here's one way how: http://marshallbooks.net/books/what-i...
