Mom Quotes - Page 8

• No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'

  Johnny Weir

  Daughter, Mother, Sorry

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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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• 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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• 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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• I'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail.

  Ilona Andrews

  Crazy, Aunt, Jail

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.114, Penguin

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• I make a bad mom, but I can pull off a crazy aunt.

  Ilona Andrews

  Crazy, Aunt, I Can

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• Well, at least I’m not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, ‘stay-at-home-mom’-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi!

  Julie James

  Dirty, Home, Thinking

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• We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other free samples my mom brought home from work. I guess I should explain the blue food. See, Gabe had once told my mom there was no such thing. They had this fight, which seemed like a really small thing at the time. But ever since, my mom went out of her way to eat blue. She baked blue birthday cakes. She mixed blueberry smoothies. She bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop.

  Rick Riordan

  Beach, Home, Fighting

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• She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet backwards, right into Nico's sword. "Nice one," Paul said. "When did you learn to fire a shotgun?" I demanded. My mom blew the hair out of her face. "About two seconds ago. Percy, we'll be fine. Go!

  Rick Riordan

  Nice, Fire, Hair

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