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Mothers and sons13 quotes
I want a girl just like the girl
That married dear old dad. — William Dillon · 1911Men are what their mothers made them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1860If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success with it. — Sigmund Freud · 1917And even as a crack fiend, Mama
You always was a black queen, Mama. — Tupac · 1995A son is a poor substitute for a lover. — Norman Bates · 1960O, my son's my son till he gets him a wife,
But my daughter's my daughter all her life. — Dinah Craik · 1881All 13 quotes →Mothers2 quotes
And even as a crack fiend, Mama
You always was a black queen, Mama. — Tupac · 1995A boy's best friend is his mother. — Norman Bates · 1960Oedipal issues2 quotes
I want a girl just like the girl
That married dear old dad. — William Dillon · 1911Wow. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me? — Marty McFly · 1985Effects of childhood1 quote
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success with it. — Sigmund Freud · 1917Formation of character1 quote
Men are what their mothers made them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1860Mothers and daughters1 quote
O, my son's my son till he gets him a wife,
But my daughter's my daughter all her life. — Dinah Craik · 1881Oedipus complex1 quote
A boy's best friend is his mother. — Norman Bates · 1960Parents and children1 quote
Sons are the anchors of a mother's life. — Sophocles · 400 BC