Famous Quotes

"In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live."

Ethel Waters on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "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 on Mom

• "The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

More quotes by Ethel Waters

• "I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me."

• "Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show."

• "Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence."

• "We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

• "Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me."