Mother quotes

“- John Merrick: Would you care to see my mother?
- Frederick Treves: Your mother? Yes please. Oh but she's... Mr. Merrick, she's beautiful!
- John Merrick: Oh, she had the face of an angel!”

Sir John Hurt - John Merrick
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Frederick Treves

“I like being tragic, Ma. I learned it from you.”
Rosalind Chao - Rose

- Fly: Good heavens! Who are you?
- Babe: I'm a Large White.
- Fly: Yes, that's your breed, dear. What's your name?
- Babe: I don't know.
- Fly: Well, what did your mother call you to tell you apart from your brothers and sisters?
- Babe: Our mom called us all the same.
- Fly: And what was that, dear?
- Babe: She called us all "Babe”.
Miriam Margolyes - Fly
Christine Cavanaugh - Babe

“- Popeye: You're just a landlubber, ain't you?
- Olive Oyl: Oh yeah? Well, I am a woman.
- Popeye: Oh yeah? Well, I am a mutter.”
Robin Williams - Popeye
Shelley Duvall - Olive Oyl

“Remember, Norman: only your Mother truly loves you.”
Virginia Gregg - Norma Bates

“- Tom Wingo: How about Luke? Do you ever think about Luke? Does he ever cross your mind?
- Lila Wingo Newbury: Who taught you to be so cruel?
- Tom Wingo: You did, Mama, you did.”

Nick Nolte - Tom Wingo
Kate Nelligan - Lila Wingo Newbury

“Greetings, North, I am thy new father and this good woman who art my wife, is thy new mother. And these are thy new brothers who art named Ezikeo, and these are thy new brothers who art named Art.”
Alexander Godunov - Amish Dad

“Who had mama been? What had she wanted to be or do before I was born? Once I was born her hopes turned, and I climbed up her life like a flower reaching for the sun. Her life had folded into mine. Who would I be when I was 15, 20, 30? Would I be as strong as she had been? As hungry for love? As desperate, determined and ashamed?”
Laura Dern - Narrator

“Now, I get to see that sweet face! I'm gonna give you a 'niner'.”

Doris Roberts - Mrs. Barzak

“Rocky, your mom sometimes does the wrong things, but for the right reasons.”
Sam Elliott - Gar

“- Norma Bates: It's perfectly natural for a son to love his mother.
- Norman Bates: God, will you leave me alone, Mother? Will you leave me alone?”
Virginia Gregg - Norma Bates
Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates

“- Littlefoot's mother: Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?
- Littlefoot: I guess so. But why do I have to know if you're going to be with me?
- Littlefoot's mother: I'll be with you. Even if you can't see me.
- Littlefoot: What do you mean I can't see you? I can always see you.”
Helen Shaver - Littlefoot's Mother
Gabriel Damon - Littlefoot

“Not wise to patronize a mother with a gun, Sidney. Randy spoke poorly of Billy and I got little knife happy.”

Laurie Metcalf - Debbie Salt

“- Betty Sizemore: Gosh! I haven't been this happy since I was 12.
- Dr. David Ravell: Okay, I'll bite. What happened when you were 12?
- Betty Sizemore: I took my mom to Kansas City for Mothers' Day and I used the allowance I was saving. We went to lunch at Skies, this restaurant at the top of a building, and you can see the whole world from up...” (continue)(continue reading)
Renee Zellweger - Betty Sizemore
Greg Kinnear - Dr. David Ravell

“What is the matter with you? I thought mothers were sweet and nice a-a-and patient. I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you.”
Denis Colin Leary - Gus

“It's nice to meet a grown man who's still afraid of his mommy.”
Ricki Lake - Connie Doyle

“You're not a mother. It is my job to do everything I can to make my children part of a normal world. A world of schools and friends and lovers and families of they're own someday.”

JoBeth Williams - Diane Freeling

“One day some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother's groceries all the way home. You know why? It was outta respect.”
Ray Liotta - Henry Hill

“You've never done anything to make your mother proud, or to make yourself proud either.”

Gladys Cooper - Mrs. Henry Vale

“Mom, is this a sex talk?!”
Juliette Lewis - Carla

“- Donna: Did you hear that sick sound?
- Cozzie: Yeah, it was creepy. Probably your mom howling out her anti-sex warning.”
Trish Doolan - Donna
Gene Bicknell - Cozzie

“- Aaron Levinsky: You look wonderful.
- Claudia Draper: You know what I use this dress for? For the ones who want to sit on Mommy's lap.”

Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Aaron Levinsky
Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper

“- Debra Moorhouse: It all goes back to mother, doesn't it? Did you love your mother?
- Acolyte: Yes.
- Debra Moorhouse: Don't lie to me. I'll call her.”
Sigourney Weaver - Debra Moorhouse
Kathy Najimy - Acolyte

- Momma: Owen! Food!
- Owen: In a minute, momma.
- Momma: Don't you "in a minute, momma" me! Get off your fat little ass or I'll break it for you! I want two soft-boiled eggs, white toast, and some of that grape jelly goddammit! And don't burn the toast!
- Owen: Kill her, Larry.
Anne Ramsey - Momma
Danny DeVito - Owen

“Your mother'll be so proud of you, I'll be proud of you, too. The whole circus'll be proud of you.”

Edward Brophy - Timothy Q. Mouse