A Mother's Quotes 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?"" 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!"" COLUMBUS' MOTHER: ""I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"" 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!"" 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?"" NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: ""All right, Napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!"" CUSTER'S MOTHER: ""Now, George, remember what I told you-don't go biting off more than you can chew!"" 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?"" GOLDILOCKS' MOTHER: ""I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?"" 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!"" ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER: ""But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"" GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER: ""The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"" JONAH'S MOTHER: ""That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."" 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?"" 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!""