Subject: Family » Mothers (Page 3)

No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

My mum's so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism… she wouldn't fancy her chances.

British-Asian comedian

As my mother used to say, ‘You’ll get unconditional love from me when you’ve earned it.

(1954 – ) American stand-up comedian

A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

Socialite: Whatever possessed you to be born in a place like Lowell, Massachusetts?

Whistler: I wished to be near my mother.

(1834 – 1903) American-born, British-based artist

Raised by two mothers? … Wow, most of us barely survive one.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Mother, there are terrorist cells that are more nurturing than you are.

(1958 – ) American actor & producer

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

My mother could make anybody feel guilty – she used to get letters of apology from people she didn’t even know.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

When I was a boy, my mother wore a mood ring; when she was in a good mood it turned blue… in a bad mood, it left a big red mark on my forehead.

comedian

I don’t visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won’t wait in the yard while I run in.

stand-up comedian, actor, writer & producer

My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

(1908 – 1999) English writer

He would kill his own mother just so that he could use her skin to make a drum to beat his own praises.

(1864 –1945) Anglo-Scottish socialite, author & wit

Do not nurse a kid who wears braces.

Rich people bring a lawyer; Latinos and blacks bring their moms.

(1976 – ) comedian

Four words every mom dreads hearing: “You're under arrest, mom.”


There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I get on very well with my parents, give or take my mother.

English comedian & actor

My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

My mom brought us to mass every Sunday – short for ‘massive head trauma’ that you get from your mother punching you in your little nine-year-old head every minute because you can’t sit still for anything that’s boring.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor