Mum Quotes - Page 16

• My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

  Miranda Hart

  Years, Said, Persons

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• I'm not an interior designer - I'm a normal working mum who wants her house to look good and doesn't need a man to do it for her.

  Andrea McLean

  Men, House, Needs

  "'I'm single but happy after my marriage split': Andrea McLean bouncing back after hellish year" by Rachael Bletchly, www.mirror.co.uk. November 23, 2012.

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• My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.

  Gloria Estefan

  Girl, Strong, Moral

  "Gloria Estefan: My family values" by Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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• For Mum, life was fundamentally hell. You went blind, you got raped, people forgot your birthday, Nixon got elected, your husband fled with a blonde from Beckenham, and then you got old, you couldn't walk and you died.

  Hanif Kureishi

  Husband, People, Blonde

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• My heart is in South Africa, through my mum. My mum being from here, me spending a lot of time here as well, I feel most connected to this part of the world.

  Roger Federer

  Heart, World, Spending

  "Federer's heart is in South Africa". Interview by Xola Potelwa, uk.reuters.com. February 22, 2013.

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• My mum dated a guy from Liverpool. The Liverpool fans made up a song that she 'loves Scouse c*ck'

  John Terry

  Song, Guy, Fans

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• I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Two, Choices, Parent

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• I don’t know if I’m a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. 
  I was like, ‘Mum, it hurts.’

  FKA twigs

  Heartbroken, Hurt, Soul

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• At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but my mum forbid it. Right now, I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.

  Milla Jovovich

  Dream, Baby, Fun

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.

  Bar Refaeli

  Thinking, Icons

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• I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Soccer, Promise

  "He's got the world at his feet" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2008.

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• I try to balance it out on the whole. Being a mum is always the priority. Next, it's taking care of yourself. Right now, I get to only work two days a week - it's a dream. I can't imagine how hard it is for mothers who work 40 hours a week.

  Marcia Cross

  Mother, Dream, Two

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• I like bringing the girls on set, but if I can't do that then the next day I feel I have to be uber-mum to make up for it. Then I'm exhausted and feel like I'm running in fumes.

  Marcia Cross

  Girl, Running, Uber

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• I've wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember, and I can say I was almost born in the theatre. My mum went into labour while she was watching The Nutcracker Suite in New York - apparently I was kicking like mad.

  Sienna Miller

  New York, Nuts, Long

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?

  Dannii Minogue

  Thinking, Piano, Acting

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• I had some difficult times when I first moved to Los Angeles when people would tell me I was saying things wrong. I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

  Lily Collins

  People, Different, Firsts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.

  Jai Courtney

  Teacher, Dad, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.

  Jean Simmons

  Children, School, Dancing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Mum’s a musician. She plays piano and has a beautiful voice, so she understands the creative need. Mum lights up when she sees me. Her cheeks go pink – she’s all over me, pulling my hair, pinching my cheeks.

  Alex O'Loughlin

  Beautiful, Play, Voice

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• I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum I know I am a great mother.

  Kate Winslet

  Mother, Baby, Morning

  "Perfecting the illusion" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2004.

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• Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.

  Kate Winslet

  Growing Up, Dad, Anxiety

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.

  Keira Knightley

  Thinking, Earning, Six

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• Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor.

  Dianna Agron

  Growing Up, Eight, Mixtures

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• I don’t want a flashy car, just something that would allow me to stop using the Tube. And it would be good not to have to rely on my mum all the time, particularly when I have to listen to her singing in her car.

  Andy Murray

  Car, Singing, Would Be

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't know much about only children. I was the middle one of three, and if ever I was alone with mum and dad, it was a rare moment.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Children, Dad, Only Child

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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