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The responsibility and vigilance which comes with being a mother cannot be understood by everyone.
It is a bittersweet task of bringing up a human being and making sure that he grows to become an important and contributing member of the society. During this, a number of incidents occur which are funny in nature and leave a long lasting impact. Here are some funny quotes which mothers will relate to regarding some of the funniest incidents of bringing up a child:
- “If you like people who do stupid shit all the time, become a parent.” – Kell Oxford
- “It’d be cool if my kids could make something I actually want, like a bottle of wine, out of macaroni and glue.” – Stephanie McMaster
- “Ah, Babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.” – Tina Fey
- “Dance like only your kid is watching, cook like no one will scream they hate it and sneeze like you won’t pee your pants.” – @shriekhouse
- “Did you know, when kids go to bed, you can hear yourself think again? I sound fabulous.” – Paige Kellerman
- “You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible – oh, this is impossible’ and then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.” – Tina Fey
- “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” – Phyllis Diller
- “Having kids makes you look stable to the people who thought you were crazy, and crazy to the people who thought you were stable.” – Kelly Oxford
- “You may not have candy for breakfast, now finish your pop tart.” – Laney Griner
- “Waking your kids up for school the first day after a break is almost as much fun as birthing them was.” – Jenny McCarthy
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- “The singular sign of a parent who is doing their job is their unwillingness to let their children watch the star wars prequels.” – Heather Armstrong
- “You know what I want for mother’s day? I want to stop being bombarded with bullshit commercials about mother’s day.” – The Blogess
- “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.” – Dorothy Parker
- “Sometimes being a good parent means hiding in the pantry & eating all of the fudgsicles over the course of a day so the kids don’t have to.” – Kelly Oxford
- “When you’re a twerking mother, balance is really important because you don’t want to go too low and blow out your butt and bust your knee.” – Amy Poehler
- Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.” – Rita Rudner
- “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.” – Erma Bombeck
- “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.” – Lisa Alther
- “Living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban: a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts.” – Kathy Lette
- “My mother never had time for me. When you’re the middle child in a family of five million, you don’t get any attention.” – Woody Allen
- “The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.” – Meryl Steep
- “My mother’s only five-foot-two, and I’ll be honest with you – she’s the only person I’m scared of.” – Kiefer Sutherland
- “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” – Oscar Wilde
- “My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hacket
- “No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.” – Florida Scott-Maxwell
- “If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?” – Milton Berle
- “I know how to do anything—I’m a mom.” – Roseanne Barr
- “Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.” – Ambrose Bierce
- “A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after.” – Peter De Vries
- “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.” – Calvin Trillin
- “If you were to open up a baby’s head―and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should―you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland.” – Dave Berry
- “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” – Leo J. Burke
- “You will always be your child’s favorite toy.” – Vicky Lansky
- “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.” – Erma Bombeck
- “I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement.” – Tina Fey
- “Raising a kid is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.” – Ed Asner
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37. “My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors.” –Carrie Latet
38.” If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there is a man on base.” – Dave Barry
- “The way I feel, if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, I’ve done my job.” – Roseanne Barr
- “I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined or as hard to check as a socially ambitious mother.” – Will Rogers
- “Delusions are often functional. A mother’s opinions about her children’s beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.” – Robert A. Heinlein
- “My early life was a series of fierce battles, from which my mother invariably emerged the victor.” – Bernard Law Montgomery
- “Guilt management can be just as important as time management for mothers.” – Sheryl Sandberg
- “I’ve been married 14 years and I have three kids. Obviously I breed well in captivity.” – Roseanne Barr
- “When my mom got really mad, she would say, ‘Your butt is my meat.’
Not a particularly attractive phrase. And I always wondered, ‘Now, what beverage goes with that?’” – Paula Poundstone
- “I can’t believe how much like my mother I turned out. I feel sorry for my kids.” – Melanie White
- “There is no love sweeter than the love between a mother and child. Now I know my wife loves me, but I’m reasonably sure she doesn’t look at me the same way she looks at them. It’s kind of humbling, because at some point you realize you’re just a date that worked out.” – Dennis Miller
- “Mothers are the only race of people that speak in the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.” – Will Rogers
- “Labor is not as bad as it’s cracked up to be. Sure, it hurts like hell. But then it’s over. What you should really worry about are the next eighteen years—they’re painful in a much slower way, like peeling a huge adhesive bandage off your brain, cell by cell.” – Cathy Crimmins
- “Motherhood is like Albania—you can’t trust the descriptions in the books, you have to go there.” – Marni Jackson
If you can relate to these funny quotes about motherhood, you are doing a great job in raising those children of yours. Here’s the ultimate quote for a mom.
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