Quotes From The Mothers of Famous People

PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER:
"I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!"


MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S MOTHER:
"I don't mind you having a garden, Mary, but does it have to be growing under your bed?"


COLUMBUS' MOTHER:
"I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"


MONA LISA'S MOTHER:
"After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"


HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOTHER:
"Humpty, If I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!"


BABE RUTH'S MOTHER:
"Babe, how many times have I told you -- quit playing ball in the house! That's the third broken window this week!"


NAPOLEON'S MOTHER:
"All right, Napolean. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!


MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER:
"Mike, can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"


ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER:
"Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"


BARNEY'S MOTHER:
"I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple."


MARY'S MOTHER:
"I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, Mary, but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you."


BATMAN'S MOTHER:
"It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?"


LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOTHER:
"Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get off your tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"


GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER:
"The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"


THOMAS EDISON'S MOTHER:
"Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!"


ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER:
"But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"


GOLDILOCKS' MOTHER:
"I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?"


JONAH'S MOTHER:
"That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."


CUSTER'S MOTHER:
"Now, George, remember what I told you -- don't go biting off more than you can chew!"


SUPERMAN'S MOTHER:
"Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?"