Golden Words are Oft' Repeated

Here's the never ending list of nostalgic words of wisdom Mom told you.
How frequently do you use them on your own children!!!

A miss is as good as a mile.

Act your age.

Don't use that tone with me!

Were you born in a barn? Close that door!

You better wipe that smile off you face before I do it for you.

AFTER you pick up your room, make your bed, brush your teeth and comb your hair, THEN you can go out to play.

A man who plays when he should be working will never amount to much.

Am I talking to a brick wall ?

Stop playing with that - you'll poke your eye out.

If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

Shut the door - I can't pay to heat the whole neighborhood.

I'm not everyone else's mother - I'm your mother.

Don't pick at it, it'll get infected.

I would have never talked to my mother like that!

Are your hands broken - pick it up yourself - I'm not your maid.

As long as you're living under MY roof you'll do what I say.

Be a big wheel if you want - just remember that little dogs go to the bathroom on big wheels.

Beauty is as beauty does.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Bend over and touch your toes.

"I don't know" is not an answer.

I don't care what everyone else is doing,
I care what YOU are doing.

As long as you live under my roof, you'll listen to my rules.

Bored? How can you be bored?
I was never bored at your age.

But you have a beautiful complexion.

Be good - but if you can't be good, be careful.

Be good - and don't do ANYTHING to embarrass your parents.

Bored ? How can you be bored ? I was never bored at your age.

Don't you have anything better to do with yourself?

Don't make me come in there!

Don't roll your eyes at me.

I'm not going to ask you again

What do I look like, your maid?!

I wouldn't make you do it if I didn't love you.

Call me when you get there, just so I know you're okay.

Can you give me an itinerary for your trip ?

Close the door - and DON'T slam it.

Close your mouth when you're eating - you look like a cow

Who do you think you are - the Queen of Sheba?

I always love you, but I don't always like you.

Are you going out dressed like THAT?

Don't sit so close to the TV - you'll ruin your eyes.

If you keep acting like a baby, I'll start treating you like one.

You'll understand when you're older.

Turn off the light!
Do you think we own the electric company?

Some day you'll thank me for this.

You can't always have what you want.

Life's not fair.

Did you iron that ? I don't THINK soo...

Do as I say, not as I do.

Do I embarrass you ?

Do I have to send you an engraved invitation ? Sit down and eat.

Do you think money grows on trees ?

I'm not running a taxi service here!

What have I done to deserve such ungrateful children?

When I was a little girl ...

Act your age!

Don't make me stop this car!

Don't put that in your mouth - you don't know where it's been.

Are your hands broken? Pick it up!

We had a lot more respect for adults when I was a child.

I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.

If you keep sticking your tongue out, it'll fall off.

Do you think your socks are going to pick themselves up ?

Do you want a time-out ?

Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.

Don't EVER let me catch you doing that again.

Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold.

Don't leave any crumbs on the counter.

Don't look at me in that tone of voice.

Don't make me tell you again.

Who died and left you boss?

You are getting on my last nerve!

Go play outside, it's a beautiful day!

I didn't ask who put it there, I said pick it up!

Don't cross your eyes, they'll get stuck that way.

You must get that from your father's side of the family.

Go ask your father!

Wait until your father gets home!

Go to your room and think about what you did.

Always wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident.

Don't pick, it'll get infected.

Don't pick your nose or your head will cave in.

Don't put beans up your nose.

Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been.

Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth.

Don't say "no", say, "I'd rather not."

Don't say SHUT UP.

Don't sit too close to the television, it'll ruin your eyes.

Don't talk with your mouth full.

Don't use that tone with me.

A little soap never hurt anyone.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

I don't care who started it, I said stop!

When you have kids of your own, you'll understand.

I'm not talking just hear hear my own voice!

Someone's going to end up getting hurt!

I don't have to explain myself.

You'll never live to see 16!

If you don't quit that,
I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week.

I don't know how you turned out the way you did!

Eat burnt toast, it'll make your hair curly.

Eat the crust of your bread. It will make your hair curly and your teeth white.

Eat those carrots - they're good for your eyesight - you never see rabbits wearing glasses, do you ?

Eat your meat.

Enough is enough.

"Fair" comes with the rodeo.

First marry for love - then marry for money.

Five minutes of pleasure is not worth a lifetime of hell.

Fools' names and fools' faces are always seen in public places.

Go ask your father.

Good things come to those that wait.

Go to your room and think about what you did.

Grow up.

Horses sweat, men perspire, ladies glow.

How are things in your little life ?

How can you sleep in an unmade bed ?

How many times do I have to tell you - don't throw things in the house.

I brought you into this world, I can take you out.

I don't care if Mark's Mom said yes.

I don't care what "everyone" is doing; I care what YOU are doing.

I don't care WHO started it, I said stop.

"I don't know" is NOT an answer.

I don't know why you turned out the way you have.

I hope someday you have children just like you.

I hope someday you have three of your own JUST LIKE YOU - then you'll know.

I love you.

I may love you, but I don't always like you.

I promise you this.. you will always get in more trouble for lying then if you told the truth to begin with - and I can always tell when you're lying.

I wish you kids could see videos of yourselves eating.

I worry about you.

I would have never talked to MY mother like that.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

If boloney was a tin horn you'd have an orchestra.

If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll...

If I didn't love you - I wouldn't pick on you.

If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.

Where do you think YOU'RE going?!

Eat your carrots - they're good for your eyes!

Eat the crust on the bread - it'll make your hair curly.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

If it were a snake, it would have bitten you.

You won't be happy until you break it, will you?

There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes!

Do I have to send you a written invitation?!
Sit down and eat!

How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tasted it?

If wishes were horses.

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

If you don't clean your plate, you won't get any dessert.

If you don't do it NOW, then when are you going to do it ?

If you don't quit that, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week.

If you'd open your eyes as wide as your mouth, you'd find what you're looking for.

If you run in the road, a car will hit you and you'll turn into a grease spot and be forgotten.

If you slouch like that, you'll get a hump in your back and no boy will ever ask you out.

If you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will grow in your stomach.

If you wait long enough, there's a sunrise every 24 hours.

If you want anything done right around the house I have to DO IT.

I hate having you drive alone at night.

I hope someday you have children just like you.

I'll put a knot on your head so high you'll have to stand on your tiptoes to scratch it.

I'll treat you like an adult when you start acting like one.

I'm going to give you until the count of three.

I'm not everyone else's parents and you're not everyone else.

I'm not going to tell you how to spell that when you can look it up in the dictionary.

I'm not here to entertain you.

I'm not just talking to hear my own voice.

I'm so mad I could just SPIT.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I resign.

It'll never heal if you pick it.

It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's some times better to keep your mouth shut and let every body think you are a fool than to open it and prove it.

I worry about you.

Running away? Let me help you pack your bags.

Running away? Send me a postcard when you get there!

Don't eat that, you'll get worms.

Don't go out with your head wet - you'll catch a cold.

Stop crying before I give you something to cry about.

Don't make me tell you again.

You'll miss me when I'm gone!

Did you use soap in that shower?

You don't have to like me - I'm your mother.

When I was your age ...

Kim, Karen, Kelly - whatever your name is.

Life is a solo flight - be prepared to make it on your own.

Life isn't fair.

Lift up your legs when you go over a railroad track and make a wish.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Look at me when I'm talking to you.

Look it up in your contract : I'm the Mom - you're the kid. - I get to do the nagging.

Mable, mable, get your elbows off the table, this is not a horses' stable.

Mom do you know where my shoes are ? No, I don't wear them.

Money does NOT grow on trees.

Never answer the phone on the first ring.

Never leave the house hungry.

Never say "shut up," say "be quiet."

Never try on anyone else's glasses or you'll go blind.

No.

No child of MINE would do something like that.

No, you can't go steady - you KNOW what that leads to.

OK, then let me re-phrase that - you WILL.

On threatening to run away :

Don't let the door hit you in the rear.

I'll help you pack.

Is that a threat or a promise ?

Write if you get work.

Pretty is as pretty does.

Put that down - you don't know where it's been.

Remember who you are.

Shut your mouth when you eat.

Sit like a lady.

So it's raining - you're not sugar - you won't melt.

Somebody's gonna end up crying.

Someday your face will freeze like that.

Speak up; I can't hear your head rattle.

Stop the world and I'll get off.

Stop your crying before I give you something to cry about.

Sure, your sister has book smarts, but YOU have street smarts.

That's OK, sweetie, anything to get you out of jail.

The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.

There is nothing for nice girls to do past midnight.

There's enough dirt in those ears to grow potatoes.

There's no shame in being poor, but there is shame in being dirty.

There's someone either dying or being created under your bed - look at all this dust.

This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.

This, too, shall pass.

Those turtles are playing leapfrog - one got stuck.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Wash behind your ears or you'll have a potato field growing back there.

Wear clean underwear in case you get in a car wreck and have to go to the hospital.

Were you born in a barn ?

What do you mean CARRY ME - I carried you for nine months.

What do you mean you aren't going to eat everything on your plate - think of those poor starving children in India.

What do you think you're celebrating ?

What have I done to deserve such ungrateful children ?

What if everyone jumped off a cliff - would you do it, too?

What will the neighbors think ?

What, you want more money - well, the people in Hades want ice water but do you see me with a PITCHER ?

What would you do if I wasn't here ?

When are you going to take your bath ?

When I was a little girl ...

When I was young we had respect for our elders - now look at the world.

When you don't listen to your Mom, that's when you get into trouble.

Whenever you leave the house, put a quarter in your shoe in case you need to call home.

Wherever you go and whatever you do remember - I love you.

Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end.

Wipe your feet.

Who are you going with and do I know them ?

Who do you think you are ?

Who do you think you are - Madam Butterfly ?

Who do you think you are - the Queen of England ?

Why don't you go out and play on the yellow line ?

Why should a farmer buy a cow when he can get the milk for free ?

Would you do that if the Queen were here ?

You WILL eat it, and you WILL like it.

No child of mine would do something like that.

Eat your vegetables!

I'm going to give you until the count of three ...

This hurts me more than it hurts you.

I hope someday you have children just like you.

If you'd open your eyes as big as you
open your mouth maybe you'd find it!

How many times do I have to tell you?

Don't ever let me catch you doing that again!

Money does not grow on trees.

You can be anything you want to, if you just set your mind to it.

You can look but DON'T TOUCH.

You can marry more money in five minutes than you can earn in a lifetime.

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives.

You can't find it - well where did you leave it last ?

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Let's see - the last time I wore your shoes, I left them ...

Your shoes have to be somewhere -
they didn't walk out of the house by themselves!

You didn't learn that in THIS house!

LOOK at me when I'm talking to you.

So it's raining. You're not made of sugar,
you won't melt.

Why? Because I said so!

Am I talking to a brick wall?

What do you mean carry you?
I carried you for nine months!

I was not put on this earth to entertain you.

You just have big bones.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

You can't start the day on an empty stomach.

You catch more bee's with honey than you do with vinegar.

You don't always get what you want. It's a hard lesson, but you might as well learn it now.

You don't WANT to clean your room - you don't have to WANT to.

You'd better wipe that smile off your face before I do it for you.

You have a cute little figure.

You have to make your bed in case the house burns.

You just have big bones.

You kids are pigs - we live in a pigsty.

You know I don't sleep until you get home.

You look too much like your father to be my child.

You made your bed - now lie in it.

You must get that from your father's side of the family.

You must think rules are made to be broken.

You won't be happy until you break that, will you ?

You'll be the cause of my death.

You'll miss me when I'm gone.

You'll never live to see sixteen.

Your father is going to hear about this when HE gets home.

You're going to put your eye out with that thing.

You're the best kid in the whole world.

And the all-time motherism ?

Why ? Because I SAID so, that's why !!!