When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

Mother didn't understand that children aren't frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

A note from a student’s mother: ‘Please excuse Chris from reading, because he doesn’t like it.

The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.