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mother:
1. A woman who has born a child; a female parent.QUOTES:
(1) Jim Wade (William Powell) in Manhattan Melodrama (1934): ' I was born at home because I wanted to be near mother at the time .'
(2) Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins) in Psycho (1960): ' A boy's best-friend is his mother .'
(3) Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand) to her nagging overbearing mother Mrs. Yussim (Jane Hoffman) in Up the Sandbox (1972): ' If this is what it's like to be a mother I'll turn in my ovaries .'
(4) Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) and Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton) in Manhattan (1979):
-- Isaac: ' I have a kid. He's being raised by two women at the moment .'
-- Mary: ' Oh, you know , I think that works. They made some studies. I read it in one of the psychoanalytic quarterlies. You don't need a male and two mothers are absolutely fine .'
-- Isaac: ' Oh, really? Because I always feel very few people survive one mother .'
(5) Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) in Dangerous Liaisons (1988): ' When it comes to marriage one man is as good as the next, and even the least accomodating is less trouble than a mother .'
(6) Mrs. Flax (Cher) to her daughter Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): ' Hooo! We're going to play my favorite game . Who's the worst mother in the world? Now don't tell me. Let me guess. Who could it be? Could it be me? '
(7) Ann Napolitano (Mercedes Ruehl) in The Fisher King (1991): ' If I had to live with my mother I would stab myself six times .'
(8) Young Moira (Caroline Goodall) to Captain James Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in Hook (1991): ' You need a mother very, very badly .'
(9) Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) to Felicia (Guy Pearce) in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): ' Is it true that when you were born the doctor turned around and slapped your mother? '
(10) Julie Blair (Karen Sharpe) and Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) in The Disorderly Orderly (1964):
-- Julie: ' You loved your father, didn't you? '
-- Jerome: ' Love you can't help, but I also respected and admired my father. Respect and admiration you have to earn .'
-- Julie: ' Who else have you ever loved? '
-- Jerome: ' Oh, well, I loved his wife . She was like a mother to me .'
(11) Kate (Meg Ryan) and Luc Teyssier (Kevin Kline) in French Kiss (1995):
-- Kate: ' Do you believe in-love , the kind that lasts forever? '
-- Luc: ' I loved my mother .'
-- Kate: ' Everybody loves their mother. Even people who hate their mother love their mother .'
2. The favored and most trusted whore in a pimp's stable .
SYNONYMS: bottom-woman ; main ; main-bitch ; main-piece ; main-squeeze ; mother.
SEE ALSO: B-girl-string ; corral ; family ; girlfriend ; in-laws; meal-ticket ; mother; old-lady ; pimp's-corral ; sister-in-law ; stable ; wife-in-law .
3. A madam or female brothel-keeper . See madam for synonyms.
4. A male homosexual ; or the tutor or mentor of young homosexuals.
5. Short of motherfucker , a despicable person.
See Also: abbess, abdominal pregnancy, abnormal presentation, abortion, abruptio placentae, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, affenliebe, anal birth, apron strings, bachelor-man, bachelor-mother, bachelor-woman, backdoor-birth, beating fantasies, bend over, birth control, boots and shoes fetish, bottom woman, brown word, bush child, condyloma (acuminata), congenital syphilis, defecation, deflower, dildo, fatherless, five-finger Mary, five-fingered Annie, four sisters on thumb street, gator, genital warts, globus hystericus, guy cramps, hepatitis B, hereditary syphilis, house, in-law, innuendo, instant mum, Ishtar, Jack in the box, Lady Abbess, Lady Five Fingers, madam, Madam(e) Thumb and her four daughters, madonna-whore syndrome, main, main bitch, main lady, main piece, Mary Palm, momism, mother, mother nature calls, mother nature's call, mother of all saints, mother of all souls, mother of masons, mother of Saint Patrick, mother-in-law, Mrs. Hand and the five fingers, Mrs. Palm and her five daughters, naked, novercaphobia, old and bitter, old lady, old lady five fingers, one and t'other, prostitute-versus-madonna syndrome, protection, queen for a day, S-word, sister-in-law, stroke, tithioscopia, tu quoque, Venus, veuve poignet, whorehouse, wife-in-law
Quotes Containing mother:
Kate (Meg Ryan) and Luc Teyssier (Kevin Kline) in French Kiss (1995): - Kate: ''Do you believe in-love , the kind that lasts forever?'' - Luc: ''I loved my mother .'' - Kate: ''Everybody loves their mother . Even people who hate their mother love their mother .''
Kate (Meg Ryan) and Luc Teyssier (Kevin Kline) in French Kiss (1995): - Kate: ''Do you believe in-love , the kind that lasts forever?'' - Luc: ''I loved my mother .'' - Kate: ''Everybody loves their mother . Even people who hate their mother love their mother .''
Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins) in Psycho (1960): ''A boy''s best-friend is his mother .''
Norman Bates (Anthony Hopkins) in Psycho (1960): ''A boy''s best-friend is his mother .''
Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand) to her nagging overbearing mother Mrs. Yussim (Jane Hoffman) in Up the Sandbox (1972): ''If this is what it''s like to be a mother I''ll turn in my ovaries.''
State prisoner Rosco (Fred Ward) enquires about his wife from his mother (Kathleen Freeman) in The Naked Gun 33 1/3. The Final Insult (1994): - Rosco: ''Ma. How''s Tanya?'' - Mother: ''Tanya''s the same. Milky, creamy skin , pouting red lips , firm buttocks , ample breasts, ears you just love to stick your tongue into...'' - Rosco: ''Ma. Please. I''m gonna get guy-cramps if you keep this up .''
The doctor and Charlotte Flax (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): - Doctor: ''Has your mother ever talked to you about sex?'' - Charlotte: ''Oh, yes . We talk about everything. She''s a wonderful mother .'' - Doctor: ''Why did you think you were pregnant? You''re still a virgin .''
The doctor and Charlotte Flax (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): - Doctor: ''Has your mother ever talked to you about sex?'' - Charlotte: ''Oh, yes . We talk about everything. She''s a wonderful mother .'' - Doctor: ''Why did you think you were pregnant? You''re still a virgin .''
The doctor and Charlotte Flax (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): - Doctor: ''Has your mother ever talked to you about sex?'' - Charlotte: ''Oh, yes . We talk about everything. She''s a wonderful mother .'' - Doctor: ''Why did you think you were pregnant? You''re still a virgin .''
Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand) to her nagging overbearing mother Mrs. Yussim (Jane Hoffman) in Up the Sandbox (1972): ''If this is what it''s like to be a mother I''ll turn in my ovaries.''
''That''s Henry''s mother , the black sheep of the family . She took so many strokes in the Sixties they called her the U.S. Open.'' Kitty (Catherine Zeta Jones) about her future mother-in-law Duchess Lucinda (Barbara Hershey) in Splitting Heirs (1993)
''That''s Henry''s mother , the black sheep of the family . She took so many strokes in the Sixties they called her the U.S. Open.'' Kitty (Catherine Zeta Jones) about her future mother-in-law Duchess Lucinda (Barbara Hershey) in Splitting Heirs (1993)
''Has your mother turned into an honest woman?'' Adam Mercy (Randolph Scott) to the prison warden in Captain Kidd (1945).
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) to her mother (Mildred Dunnock) in Butterfield 8 (1960): ''Mama, face it . I was the slut of all times.''
''Has your mother turned into an honest woman?'' Adam Mercy (Randolph Scott) to the prison warden in Captain Kidd (1945).
Sarah (Glenn Close) to her daughter in The Big Chill (1983):''Well, when you''re a mother , you can be mean.''
Diane (Elizabeth Ashley) in Happiness (1998): ''I want kids that love me as much as I hated my mother .''
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in Psycho (1960):''Mother... what''s the phrase? isn''t quite herself today.''
Ann Napolitano (Mercedes Ruehl) in The Fisher King (1991): ''If I had to live with my mother I would stab myself six times.''
Jim Wade (William Powell) in Manhattan Melodrama (1934): ''I was born at home because I wanted to be near mother at the time.''
Monty Woolley (as himself) in Night and Day (1946): 'The only marriage I ever approved of was that of my father and mother .'
Gloria Wandrous (Elizabeth Taylor) to her mother (Mildred Dunnock) in Butterfield 8 (1960): ''Mama, face it . I was the slut of all times.''
Rose (Betty White) in the TV series The Golden Girls (1985): ''My mother always used to say: The older you get , the better you get , unless you''re a banana .''
Melissa Morrison (Saffron Burrows) in Hotel of Love (1996): ''My mother believed in love-at-first-sight with Dad, with her second husband , and her third.''
Diane (Elizabeth Ashley) in Happiness (1998): ''I want kids that love me as much as I hated my mother .''
Ann Napolitano (Mercedes Ruehl) in The Fisher King (1991): ''If I had to live with my mother I would stab myself six times.''
Young Moira (Caroline Goodall) to Captain James Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in Hook (1991): ''You need a mother very, very badly.''
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) to Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in Psycho (1960):''Mother... what''s the phrase? isn''t quite herself today.''
Sarah (Glenn Close) to her daughter in The Big Chill (1983):''Well, when you''re a mother , you can be mean.''
Young Moira (Caroline Goodall) to Captain James Hook (Dustin Hoffman) in Hook (1991): ''You need a mother very, very badly.''
Jim Wade (William Powell) in Manhattan Melodrama (1934): ''I was born at home because I wanted to be near mother at the time.''
Mrs. Flax to her daughter Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): ''Hooo! We''re going to play my favorite game . Who''s the worst mother in the world? Now don''t tell me. Let me guess. Who could it be? Could it be me?''
Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) to Felicia (Guy Pearce) in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): ''Is it true that when you were born the doctor turned around and slapped your mother?''
Julie Blair (Karen Sharpe) and Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) in The Disorderly Orderly (1964): - Julie: ''You loved your father, didn''t you?'' - Jerome: ''Love you can''t help, but I also respected and admired my father. Respect and admiration you have to earn.'' - Julie: ''Who else have you ever loved?'' - Jerome: ''Oh, well, I loved his wife . She was like a mother to me.''
Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) in Dangerous Liaisons (1988): ''When it comes to marriage one man is as good as the next, and even the least accomodating is less trouble than a mother .''
Mrs. Flax to her daughter Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): ''Hooo! We''re going to play my favorite game . Who''s the worst mother in the world? Now don''t tell me. Let me guess. Who could it be? Could it be me?''
Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) in Dangerous Liaisons (1988): ''When it comes to marriage one man is as good as the next, and even the least accomodating is less trouble than a mother .''
Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) to Felicia (Guy Pearce) in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): ''Is it true that when you were born the doctor turned around and slapped your mother?''
Julie Blair (Karen Sharpe) and Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) in The Disorderly Orderly (1964): - Julie: ''You loved your father, didn''t you?'' - Jerome: ''Love you can''t help, but I also respected and admired my father. Respect and admiration you have to earn.'' - Julie: ''Who else have you ever loved?'' - Jerome: ''Oh, well, I loved his wife . She was like a mother to me.''
Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) peeping on his sunbathing neighbor Storm Reynolds (Sam Jenkins) with a looking glass in Ed and His Dead Mother (1994): ''Sex! That''s what it''s all about. From the onset of puberty it''s what occupies ninety percent of our time, the pursuit of sex , right? Ed, sex is life and if it was a pronoun she''d be IT.''
Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) to his nephew Ed Chilton (Steve Buscemi) in Ed and His Dead Mother (1994): ''Do you have protection? Shield that gator , no regrets later.''
'What can I tell you about men? They want you to be their daughter, their mother , their addiction. They want you to want them, and then they don't want you anymore.' Melissa (Diane Lane) in Gunshy (1998)
'What can I tell you about men? They want you to be their daughter, their mother , their addiction. They want you to want them, and then they don't want you anymore.' Melissa (Diane Lane) in Gunshy (1998)
Effingham Bellweather (W.C. Fields) in The Golf Specialist (1930): - Effingham: ''You know , I''ve never struck a woman in my life .'' - Golf buddy : ''You haven''t?'' - Effingham: ''Not even my own mother .''
Effingham Bellweather (W.C. Fields) in The Golf Specialist (1930): - Effingham: ''You know , I''ve never struck a woman in my life .'' - Golf buddy : ''You haven''t?'' - Effingham: ''Not even my own mother .''
Effingham Bellweather (W.C. Fields) in The Golf Specialist (1930): - Effingham: ''You know , I''ve never struck a woman in my life .'' - Golf buddy : ''You haven''t?'' - Effingham: ''Not even my own mother .''
Lorna (Barbara Stanwyck) to Eddie (Joseph Calleia) in Golden Boy (1939): - Eddie Fuseli: ''Is this your girl?'' - Lorna Moon: ''I''m my mother''s girl .''
Andrew Dice Clay guest starring on the Rodney Dangerfield comedy special Nothin'' Goes Right (1988): ''Old Mother Hubbard / Went to the cupboard / To get her old dog a bone . / She bent over / Rover took over / She got a bone of her own.''
Tom Wingfield (John Malkovich) describes the ''gentleman caller'' Jim O''Connor (James Naughton) to his mother Amanda (Joanne Woodward) in The Glass Menagerie (1987):''He has rather a large nose which he compensates for by not having much of a chin.''
Andrew Dice Clay guest starring on the Rodney Dangerfield comedy special Nothin'' Goes Right (1988): ''Old Mother Hubbard / Went to the cupboard / To get her old dog a bone . / She bent over / Rover took over / She got a bone of her own.''
Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) and Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) in American Beauty (1999): - Carolyn: ''Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of.'' - Lester: ''And your mother seems to prefer I go-through life like a fucking prisoner while she keeps my dick in a mason jar under the sink.''
Allan Felix (Woody Allen) watching a dancer in a bar in Play It Again, Sam (1972): ''She''s a doll . I''d sell my mother to the Arabs for her.''
Kate Libby (Angelina Jolie) quoting her mother in Hackers (1995): ''God gave men brains larger than dogs so they wouldn''t hump women''s legs at cocktail parties. Ruth Libby.''
''Do you know that she makes forty-five dollars a week and sends her mother a hundred of it .'' Ann Lowell/Anytime Annie (Ginger Rogers) maligning a co-dancer in 42nd Street (1933).
Una (Lauren Tom) about her superstitious China-born mother in The Joy Luck Club (1993):''So my mom sees this miror at the foot of our bed and she says: Aie-ya! A mirror is bad luck. All the romance will hit the mirror, pooom, go back the opposite direction.''
Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) peeping on his sunbathing neighbor Storm Reynolds (Sam Jenkins) with a looking glass in Ed and His Dead Mother (1994): 'Sex! That's what it's all about. From the onset of puberty it's what occupies ninety percent of our time, the pursuit of sex , right? Ed, sex is life and if it was a pronoun she'd be IT.'
Tom Wingfield (John Malkovich) describes the ''gentleman caller'' Jim O''Connor (James Naughton) to his mother Amanda (Joanne Woodward) in The Glass Menagerie (1987):''He has rather a large nose which he compensates for by not having much of a chin.''
''Do you know that she makes forty-five dollars a week and sends her mother a hundred of it .'' Ann Lowell/Anytime Annie (Ginger Rogers) maligning a co-dancer in 42nd Street (1933).
Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) and Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton) in Manhattan (1979): - Isaac: ''I have a kid. He''s being raised by two women at the moment.'' - Mary: ''Oh, you know , I think that works. They made some studies. I read it in one of the psychoanalytic quarterlies. You don''t need a male and two mothers are absolutely fine.'' - Isaac: ''Oh, really? Because I always feel very few people survive one mother .''
Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) and Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton) in Manhattan (1979): - Isaac: ''I have a kid. He''s being raised by two women at the moment.'' - Mary: ''Oh, you know , I think that works. They made some studies. I read it in one of the psychoanalytic quarterlies. You don''t need a male and two mothers are absolutely fine.'' - Isaac: ''Oh, really? Because I always feel very few people survive one mother .''
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