Modern Mothers Sayings
- Money does not grow on trees.
- When you have your own house then you can make the rules!
- Always change your underwear; you never know when you'll have an accident.
- Do not make that face or it will freeze in that position.
- Be careful or you will put your eye out.
- What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
- You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
- Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
- If you cannot say something nice, do not say anything at all.
- Do not put that in your mouth; you do not know where it has been!
Traditional Mothers Sayings
- A little "birdy" told me!
- All I do is follow you around, picking up after you like some maid.
- Am I talking to a brick wall?
- Are you deaf or something?
- Are you lying to me?
- As long as you live under my roof, you will do as I say.
- Beds are not made for jumping on.
- Call me when you get there, just so I know you are okay.
- Close the door! You do not live in a barn.
- Did you brush your teeth?
- Did you comb your hair?
- Do as I say, not as I do.
- Do you think I am made of money?
- Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up?
- Do not break your arm patting yourself on the back.
- Do not eat that, you will get worms!
- Do not go out with a wet head, you will catch cold.
- Do not make me get up!
- Do not pick that scab it will get infected.
- Do not pick your nose in public.
- Do not run in the house.
- Do not sit too close to the television; it will ruin your eyes.
- Do not talk with your mouth full!
- Do not walk away when I am talking to you!
- Eat your vegetables; they are good for you.
- Enough is enough!
- Go play outside! It is a beautiful day!
- Going to a party? Leave a phone number in case I need to call.
- Going to a party? Who is going to be there?
- Going to a party? Will the parents be home?
- How do you know you do not like it if you have not tasted it?
- I brought you into this world, and I can take you right back out!
- I cannot believe you can sleep in this filth!
- I did not ask who put it there; I said, "Pick it up!"
- I do not care what "everyone" is doing. I care what YOU are doing.
- I do not have to explain myself. I said no.
- I hope someday you have children just like you.
- I just want what is best for you.
- I will always love you - no matter what.
- If God had wanted you to have holes in your ears (eyebrows, tongue, etc.) He would have put them there!
- If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.
- If wishes were horses...
- If you could stay out last night, you can get up this morning.
- If you do not do it now, then when are you going to do it?
- If you stick your tongue out again it will fall off.
- If you are too sick to go to school, you are too sick to play outside.
- I am doing this for your own good.
- I am going to skin you alive!
- I am not going to ask you again.
- I am not your cleaning lady!
- I am not your waitress!
- Is not it past your bedtime?
- It is not that I do not trust you, it is that I do not trust everyone else.
- Life is not fair.
- Look at me when I am talking to you.
- Money does NOT grow on trees.
- No child of mine would do something like that.
- Nobody asked you
- Over my dead body!
- Pick that up before somebody trips on it and breaks their neck!
- Pick up your feet.
- Put that down! You do not know where it has been!
- Say that again and I will wash your mouth out with soap.
- Shut the door! I am not heating (air conditioning) the entire neighborhood!
- Shut your mouth and eat.
- So it is raining? You are not sugar - you would not melt.
- So what if Bob's mom let him do it? If Bob's mom let him jump off the Empire State Building, would you want me to let you do it too?
- Someone is going to end up crying.
- This hurts me more than it hurts you.
- Turn that racket (music) down!
- Watch your mouth!
- Well, I have not figured out how to cook "cold" yet.
- Well, people in Hell want ice water too!
- What did I say the first time?
- What part of no do not you understand?
- When I was a little girl...
- When I was young we had respect for our elders, now look at the world!
- When I was your age, I had to walk ten miles through the snow, uphill, by myself, to go to school.
- When will you be back?
- Where do you think you are going?
- Who died and left you boss?
- Who do you think you are talking to?
- Who taught you that? You did not learn that in this house!
- Wipe your feet!
- You cannot find it? Well, I cannot find it for you - I did not wear it!
- You cannot find it? Well, if you would put things where they belonged, you would not have this problem.
- You cannot find it? Well, where did you leave it last?
- You cannot start the day on an empty stomach.
- You do not always get what you want. It is a hard lesson, but you might as well learn it now.
- You kids are trying to drive me crazy!
- You must think rules are made to be broken.
- You would not be happy until you break that, will you?
- You will understand when you are older.
- A little soap & water never killed anybody.
- Answer me when I ask you a question!
- Are you going out dressed like that?
- Are your hands broken? Pick it up yourself!
- Be good.
- Bored! How can you be bored? I was never bored at your age.
- Clean up after yourself!
- Cupcakes are not a breakfast food!
- Did you clean your room?
- Did you flush?
- Do you live to annoy me?
- Do you think this is a hotel? You cannot just come here only to sleep.
- Do not ask me why. The answer is NO.
- Do not ever let me catch you doing that again!
- Do not make me come in there!
- Do not put that in your mouth, you do not know where it has been.
- Do not run with a lollipop in your mouth.
- Do not stay up too late!
- Do not use that tone with me!
- Do not you have anything better to do?
- Go ask your father.
- Go to your room and think about what you did!
- How can you have nothing to wear? Your closet is FULL of clothes!
- How many times do I have to tell you?
- I can always tell when you are lying.
- I cannot believe you did that!
- I do not buy snacks to feed the neighborhood!
- I do not care who started it, I said stop!
- I do not care who started it you stop it!
- I do not know is not an answer.
- I hope you do not kiss me with that mouth!
- I said CLOSE the door, I did not say slam it.
- I would have never talked to MY mother like that!
- If I catch you doing that one more time, I will...
- If I want your opinion I will ask for it!
- If I have told you once ... I have told you a thousand times.
- If you do not clean your plate, you would not get any dessert.
- If you do not stop crying, I am going to give you something to cry about!
- If you are too full to finish your dinner, you are too full for dessert.
- I will treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.
- I am going to give you until the count of three...
- I am not always going to be around to do these things for you.
- I am not running a taxi service.
- I am not your maid!
- Is your homework finished?
- It is no use crying over spilt milk.
- I have had it up to here with you.
- Leave your sister (brother) alone!
- Little pitchers have big ears.
- Look at this room! It looks like a pigsty!
- Never try on anyone else's glasses or you will go blind.
- No, I do not know where your socks are; it is not my day to watch them!
- Now, come back downstairs and go back up without stomping your feet!
- Now, say you are sorry...and mean it!
- Running away? Do not let the door hit you in the rear.
- Running away? I will help you pack.
- Running away? Is that a threat or a promise?
- Some day you will thank me for this. SMACK!!!
- The apple does not fall far from the tree.
- Think of those poor starving children in India... (or China, or Africa.)
- Turn off that light. Do you think we own the electric company?
- Watch your language!
- Well, people in Hades want ice water, but do you see me with a pitcher?
- What kind of a grade is that? You could do much better!
- When did your last slave die?
- When you have kids of your own you will understand.
- Where are you going?
- Who are you going with? Do I know them?
- Who do you think you are?
- Who said life was going to be easy?
- Why? Because I said so, that is why!
- You are getting on my last nerve.
- You can go out to play...after you brush your teeth and comb your hair.
- You can go out to play...after you pick up your room.
- You can go out to play...after you have done your homework.
- You cannot judge a book by its cover.
- You could have called.
- You had better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you.
- You just ate an hour ago!
- You made your bed, now lie in it.
- You should have that phone surgically implanted in your ear.
- You will eat it, and you will like it!
- You would forget your head if it was not attached to your shoulders!
- You will always be my baby.
- Your father is going to hear about this when he gets home!
- You are the oldest. You should know better.