Moms Mabley Quotes

• It's no disgrace to be old. But damn if it isn't inconvenient.

  Moms Mabley

  Damn, Disgrace, Ifs

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• Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.

  Moms Mabley

  Love, Moving, Inspiration

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• Advice to children crossing the street: damn the lights. Watch the cars. The lights ain't never killed nobody.

  Moms Mabley

  Children, Light, Car

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• Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.

  Moms Mabley

  Men, Messages, Young

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• My husband was so ugly, he used to stand outside the doctor’s office and make people sick.

  Moms Mabley

  Husband, Doctors, People

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• Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and you're my children.

  Moms Mabley

  Children, White, Differences

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• Anytime you see me with my arms around an old man, I'm holding him for the police.

  Moms Mabley

  Men, Police, Arms

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• The teenagers aren't all bad. I love 'em if nobody else does. There ain't nothing wrong with young people. Jus' quit lyin' to 'em.

  Moms Mabley

  Teenager, People, Doe

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• A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

  Moms Mabley

  Maturity, Men, Long

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• [On old age:] You wake up one morning and you got it.

  Moms Mabley

  Morning, Age, Wake Up

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• Use those brains that God put in your head.

  Moms Mabley

  Brain, Use

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• I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.

  Moms Mabley

  Ideas, Want, Young

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• If you don't want your children to know the truth about life don't send 'em to the theater to see Moms 'cause I'm gonna tell them THE TRUTH, hear?

  Moms Mabley

  Mom, Children, Ems

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• You know Moms has been accused of liking young men, and I'm guilty.

  Moms Mabley

  Mom, Men, Guilty

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• [On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

  Moms Mabley

  Mom, Four, Honey

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• Honey, that Totie Fields is one well-fed white woman. When that gal sits around the house, she sits around the house!

  Moms Mabley

  White, House, Weight

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