"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after."
Peter De Vries.

"It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge."
Phyllis Diller.

"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."
Ambrose Bierce.

"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."
Aristotle.

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
Oprah Winfrey.

"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back."
William D. Tammeus.

"Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries."
T. DeWitt Talmage.

"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love."
Mildred B. Vermont.

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
Oscar Wilde.