Mama Says Quotes

#1. the English explorer Richard Burton told the story of an Englishman finding his new wife unconscious on the marital bed, having chloroformed herself. She had pinned a note to her nightdress which read: 'Mama says you're to do what you like.

Sam Miller

#2. Mama says the Beardsleys follow her around like dogs, but they don't. They follow her like tame wolves.
I thought Ian said it wasn't possible to tame wolves.
It isn't.

Diana Gabaldon

#3. If Gran says, 'Reach for the stars
that way, if you miss, you'll land on the moon,' then Mama says, 'If you spend all your time reaching for the stars, don't come crying to me when you walk right into a tree.

Sarah Rubin

#4. Mama says it's just her nature. Some people are flowers, and some are thorns.

Jennifer Archer

#5. Mama says no matter how poor folks are, whether you're a have, a have-not, or break your mama's back on the cracks in between, the world gives away the best stuff on the cheap

Emily Murdoch

#6. Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you're feeling blue ...

Adam Sandler

#7. Mama says love is a sickness of the heart. Only the weak fall under its spell.

Katlyn Charlesworth

#8. My mamma says I shouldn't go on the other side ... My mama says the same thing. But she never said nothing about sitting on it

Jacqueline Woodson

#9. Mama says change is God's way of showing us a tender miracle, kinda like the chocolate inside a Tootsie Pop.

Suzanne Crowley

#10. Mama says mine is a night mind.

Jack Womack

#11. All right, you deadly little ghostlings," I muttered. "Mama says go back to bed! - Cat

Jeaniene Frost

#12. Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side - if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.

Jacqueline Woodson

#13. Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.

Alethea Kontis

#14. Mama says that satisfaction isn't what I should search for. Respect is. Respect?
I detest that word. Probably because in this world you have to respect the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

Melina Marchetta

#15. Happiness is free, Mama says, as sure as the blinkin' stars, the withered arms the trees throw down for our fires, the waterproofin' on our skin, and the tongues of wind curlin' the walnut leaves before slidin' down our ears.

Emily Murdoch

#16. Lisa's mama says all people are part of Christ's body, so some people have to be the armpits.

Karen Harrington

#17. Who can prophesy peace, or vow Futurity for any but armed insects

Allen Ginsberg

#18. Daddy," Ava says seriously, "it's been two years since Mama died. Uncle Cam says if you don't use it - it will fall off and die. I'm pretty sure he was talking about your heart. Everyone needs someone to love.

Jillian Dodd

#19. Doubts never end. If one doubt is removed, another takes its place. It is like removing the leaves of a tree one by one. Even if all the leaves are clipped off, new ones grow. The tree itself must be uprooted.

Ramana Maharshi

#20. Let your mama sleep," he says. "If she's moody and tired, Daddy doesn't get any.

Samantha Towle

#21. Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top. My mama, she told me don't worry about your size. She says boys like a little more booty to hold at night. Yeah I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll, so if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along.

Meghan Trainor

#22. Miss B. says, It's a mama's faith what keeps her children right. I'm not talkin' 'bout the churchgoin' kind, neither. Miss Mabel's got faith in goodness. Tell me you can't help but believe in it too just by lookin' at her.

Ami McKay

#23. Do you know who we are Mum?" And at that moment I just look into her blue planets for eyes, and she says, "We are Daughters of Song, Mama." And at that I jump up with new life, pick her up, and say, "Now let's go play"_

Tori Amos

#24. Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.

Kelly Rowland

#25. It's hard to feel smart when you're always forgetting things, but Mama Shannon says that's how you can tell a smart person. They're too busy thinking about Big Ideas to worry about little details like tying their shoes or remembering their homework" -Fella

Sarah Dooley

#26. I had so many things to say.
I had so many things to say

A.S. King

#27. Is this the same teaching, when Christ says to the rich young man, "Sell all that thou hast, and give it to the poor"; and when the priest says, "Sell all that thou hast and...give it to me"?

Soren Kierkegaard

#28. Steve. That always felt made-up to me. Like, when your kid says, "Tell me about my daddy, Mama!" and you're on the spot so you blurt out the first name that comes to mind - "Uh, his name was, um, Steve, honey.

Erin Watt

#29. Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.

Vicki Lawrence

#30. Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.

Billie Holiday

#31. This is Mama Likes a Spankin', come back good, buddies." I look at Ronin. He shakes his head. "You don't want to know," he says. "Go ahead, Red Cheeks," Ford replies.

J.A. Huss

#32. Love is the light by which all are brought forward out of darkness.

LeeAnn Taylor

#33. Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

Rick Steves

#34. I could do it," Listen boasted. "Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet."
"You can't even reach the on button," said Cienfuegos.

Nancy Farmer

#35. He loves the sparkling fountains and their cascades and says the strangest things as he watches them.
they look like stars breaking.
Or, They look like Mama's diamonds.
Or, They look like all the souls in heaven.

Jennifer Donnelly