Subject: Family » Mothers (Page 5)

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

There are only two things a child will share willingly – communicable diseases and his mother’s age.

(1903 – 1998) American pediatrician & author

How do I explain her? [her mother] She’s as respected as Mother Theresa, she’s as powerful as Stalin, and she’s as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher.

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

You know a man is a redneck if his mama keeps a spit-can on the ironin' board.

(1926 – 1998) American country comedian

The only thing a lawyer won’t question is the legitimacy of his mother.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them; my mother cleans them.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Do me a favor; when you get home, throw your mother a bone.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

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

(1908 – 1999) English writer

When my old man wanted sex… my mother would show him a picture of me.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

There’s a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there’s a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

(1952 – ) comedian, actress & writer

My mother was so house proud that when my father got up to sleepwalk she had the bed made by the time he got back.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

[My mother] is the only woman in the world who makes gravy with the Rolaids crushed right into it.

(1937 – 2014) American co-host of radio show “Car Talk”

I’ve been here eight months and have been in two earthquakes, a race riot, floods and fires, and I left New York because I couldn’t handle my mother.

comedian & television writer

Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.

(1950 – ) American cartoonist Cathy

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served nothing but leftovers… the original meal was never found.

(1959 – ) British/American actress, comedian, director, author & screenwriter

You’re not famous until my mother has heard of you.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

I know if mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality