Quotes with mother-wit

Quotes 281 till 300 of 493.

  • B. B. King My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
    - +
     0
  • Dr. W. Edwards Deming My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
    Dr. W. Edwards Deming
    American engineer, statistician, professor and author (1900 - 1993)
    - +
     0
  • George Washington My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
    - +
     0
  • Brandi Carlile My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
    - +
     0
  • Brian Austin Green My mother's incredibly giving, almost too giving at times. And, my dad is a real logical person. He's got logic for every situation. They've been married for 24 years, so there was that stability, also. I really learned to think on my own at a very young age.
    Brian Austin Green
    American actor, rapper and producer (1973 - )
    - +
     0
  • Billy Dee Williams My mother's side of the family, they're from Montserrat in the Leeward Islands.
    Billy Dee Williams
    American actor, voice actor, and artist (1937 - )
    - +
     0
  • Buffalo Bill My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
    - +
     0
  • Bonnie Tyler My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer's. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can't remember how to eat or go to the toilet. It's a terrible disease and so distressing to watch it take over someone you love.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
    - +
     0
  • Antonia Fraser My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bonnie Tyler My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
    - +
     0
  • Augusten Burroughs My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bill de Blasio My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
    Bill de Blasio
    American politician (1961 - )
    - +
     0
  • Betsy Brandt My son is pre-K and my daughter is in elementary school. So they don't watch the show. But my son knows that I'm on it - he says that 'Breaking Bad' is his favorite show even though he's never seen it. It's really great that he says that, because it makes me look like mother of the year.
    Betsy Brandt
    American actress (1973 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bob McDonnell My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.
    Bob McDonnell
    American politician and lawyer (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • John Barrymore My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.
    John Barrymore
    American actor (1882 - 1942)
    - +
     0
  • Anne Perry Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.
    Anne Perry
    English author (1938 - )
    - +
     0
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Nature is not our mother, Nature is our sister.
    Source: The Eternal Revolution
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
    - +
     0
  • Desiderius Erasmus Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
    - +
     0
  • Mark Twain Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
    - +
     0
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Necessity! thou mother of the world!
    Source: Queen Mab VI, 58
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
    - +
     0
All mother-wit famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 15)