90+ Best Funny Mom Quotes To Make Her Laugh

Supriya Jain
Dec 12, 2023 By Supriya Jain
Originally Published on Mar 04, 2021
Edited by Luca Demetriou
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Mom makes a family and moms deserve to laugh the loudest and more often for the role they etch out for themselves.

Funny mom quotes are not just a good thing for women who are mothers but also for the families and children. Mothers are amazing at whatever do, they do not have a manual and no amount of books can help them.

But they still learn on the job and strive to excel in it. Why? Because they are nurturers and care takers for the most precious gift of life. Funny moms’ quotes are a way to look at their lives and make them laugh, smile, at their journey as a proud mother.

Funny mom quotes are said be some of the most insightful and loving that mothers can experience. As they say, a house filled with more joy and laughter is house blessed by God.

Mothers always bring the joy into their children’s life by being themselves. If difficulties are a great teacher, then looking at life and ourselves with the ability to laugh at ourselves is great for learning, too, which mothers teach us.

In the modern world with everything changing, the role and scope of mothers is changing, too, and our moms are doing a fabulous job of adapting to it.

This we can surely observe from the changing dynamics of the mom and child relationships around us. Let’s laugh while reading some funny moms quotes, along with these funny dad quotes and funny family quotes here.

Funny Quotes About Motherhood

Never has any one said that motherhood is easy. We all know the struggles that all moms go through to give the best of everything to their children.

Here are some laugh out loud funny mom quotes for all the moms out there. Read on for some funny mom birthday quotes along with funny parenting quotes and sayings for some more amazing moments while enjoying your mom diet.

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1. “The majority of my diet is made up of foods that my kids didn't finish.”

- Carrie Underwood.

2. “Being a mom has made me really tired and so happy.”

- Tina Fey.

3. “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”

- Mark Twain.

4. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.”

- Phyllis Diller.

5. “My kids are never better friends than when it's 30 minutes past bedtime and they won't stop giggling.”

-'The Simplified Life'.

6. “No one told me I would be coming home in diapers, too.”

- Chrissy Teigen.

7. “I always say if you aren't yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.”

- Reese Witherspoon.

8. “I've conquered a lot of things...blood clots in my lungs- twice...knee and foot surgeries...winning grand slams being down match point...to name just a few but I found out by far the hardest is figuring out a stroller.”

- Serena Williams.

9. “Becoming a mom to me means you have accepted that for the next 16 years of your life, you will have a sticky purse.”

- Nia Vardalos.

10. “Usually the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty.”

- Julia Roberts.

11. “If evolution really works, how come Mothers only have two hands?”

- Milton Berle.

12. “Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life.”

- Unknown*.

13. “Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.”

- William Feather.

14. “My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.”

- Buddy Hackett.

15. “Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.”

- P.J. O’Rourke.

16. “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.”

- Erma Bombeck.

17. “Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.”

- Mignon McLaughlin.

18. “Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.”

- Robert Brault.

19. “Every time I say "no" my kids hear, "ask again, she didn't understand the question.”

- Unknown*.

20. “Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children!”

- Sam Levenson.

21. “My mother is a walking miracle.”

- Leonardo DiCaprio.

22. “My mother, she is beautiful, softened at the edges, and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

- Jodi Picoult.

23. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mum taught me.”

- Lady Gaga.

Funny Mom And Daughter Quotes And Sayings

Moms keep babies grounded and gives us wings at the same time. They guide us in this world with love and care at the same time they want to protect us from it, too.

Moms are known to be sweet, sensitive and caring at the same time as they are fierce when protecting their own. Here are funny mom quotes to share with your mom too along with mother's day quotes during bedtime or at her hiding place.

24. “ Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin' too.”

- B. B. King.

25. “I know how to do anything I'm a mom.”

- Roseanne Barr.

26. “There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”

- Jill Churchill.

27. “You’ll never need coffee more than the day after ‘Yes Day!”

- Jennifer Garner.

28. “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.”

- Oprah Winfrey.

29. “A mother's love endures through all.”

- Washington Irving.

30. “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.”

- Jessica Lange.

31. “Twelve years later the memories of those nights, of that sleep deprivation, still make me rock back and forth a little bit. You want to torture someone? Hand them an adorable baby they love who doesn't sleep.”

- Shonda Rhimes.

32. “When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”

- Nora Ephron.

33. “You could stand on the toilet and lock the door and their little fingers would still be peaking under the door as they ask, Mom are you in there?”

- Jennifer Betts.

34. “Stop saying 'we're pregnant.' You're not pregnant. Do you have to squeeze a watermelon-sized person out of your lady hole? No.”

- Mila Kunis.

35. “ Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I'm looking forward to investigating in the future.”

- Amy Poehler.

36. “ The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

- Calvin Trillin.

37. “The first 5 years of parenthood is like a 2 a.m. game of twister in your bed. And you are always the loser.”

- Jennifer Betts.

38. “ When I was a boy, my mother wore a mood ring. When she was in a good mood it turned blue. In a bad mood, it left a big red mark on my forehead.”

- Jeff Shaw.

39. “You know you're a mom when you stop daydreaming about a million dollars and start daydreaming about how amazing it would be to go to the bathroom alone.”

- Jennifer Betts.

40. “In parenthood, silence becomes suspicious real fast.”

- Jennifer Betts.

41. “My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me fresh.”

- Bob Monkhouse.

42. “I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.”

- Rita Rudner.

43. “As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.”

- Oscar Wilde.

44. “ I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract. The baby and I only have a verbal agreement.”

- Tina Fey.

45. “So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well.”

- George W. Bush.

46. “ The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.”

- Kin Hubbard.

Funny Mom Quotes And Sayings

We must realize that moms are humans too and they need to laugh and make merry as much as the child they are bringing up. This can be achieved in the best possible way by interacting with fellow mums and sharing these funny mom quotes and favorite sayings before bedtime.

47. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?”

- Mahatma Gandhi.

48. “Any mother could do the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease”

- Lisa Alther.

49. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.”

- Laura Stavoe Harm.

50. “In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.”

- Randy Susan Meyers.

51. “When the milk first comes in, it’s like a tsunami.”

- Emily Blunt.

52. “Sometimes I stand there going, 'I'm not doing any of this right!' And then I get this big man belch of her and I go, 'Ah, we accomplished this together.”

- Christina Applegate.

53. “Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.”

- Barbara Walters.

54. “Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla warfare.”

- Ed Asner.

55. “[Having four kids is] endless stuff. It's endless entertainment, it's endless stress, endless responsibility.”

- Maya Rudolph.

56. “My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. That's how she learned how to swim. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.”

- Paula Poundstone.

57. “I asked Mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.”

- Calvin.

58. “Everyone's at different ages and levels, everyone's into different stuff. But everyone is into slime.”

- Maya Rudolph.

59. “If I wasn't at work, I just wanted to stay home and party with my little man — and by 'party' I mean, of course, endless rounds of 'Itsy Bitsy Spider.”

- Olivia Wilde.

60. “It’s not easy being a mom. If it were easy, fathers would do it.”

- Betty White.

61. “ Every day when you're raising kids, you feel like you could cry or crack up and just scream 'This is ridiculous!' because there's so much nonsense, whether it's what they're saying to you or the fact that there's avocado or poop on every surface.”

- Kristen Bell.

62. “I've learned that it's way harder to be a baby. For instance, I haven't thrown up since the '90s and she's thrown up twice since we started this interview.”

- Eva Mendes.

63. “Why don't kids understand that their nap is not for them but for us?”

- Alyson Hannigan.

64. “Parenting Tip: Maybe don't leave Hungry Hungry Hippos on the floor of a dark room.”

- Rachel Dratch.

65. “I was lucky enough to get to have one woman who truly helped me through everything.”

- Emma Stone.

66. “Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house”

- Julie Bowen.

67. “I didn't full wrap my head around the fact that there would be a person at the end of it. I read endlessly about pregnancy and what to eat and what not to eat. And then I sort of prepared not at all for the actual baby.”

- Ellie Kemper.

68. “I don't think so mommy!" is what my child said after, "Can you please pick up the popcorn you threw all over?”

- Anna Faris.

69. “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.”

- Spanish Proverb.

70. “The phrase ’working mother’ is redundant.”

- Jane Sellman.

71. “If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?”

- Milton Berle.

Funny New Mom Quotes And Funny Mom Sayings

Our mothers are our best friends and favorite guides, too. They are our first role models too and teachers always. Here are some funny mom quotes to get you to laugh together with your mother. Follow these up with some amazing motherhood quotes and sayings that any woman will enjoy a lot even before kids.

72. “You might have a mom, she might be the bomb, but ain't nobody got a mom like mine.”

- Meghan Trainor.

73. “ Behind every great woman is an even better mother.”

- Elinor Roosevelt.

74. “The days are long, but the years are short.”

- Gretchen Rubin.

75. “I can only hope to be 10% of the mom mine was to me.”

- Charlize Theron.

76. “A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”

- Tenneva Jordan.

77. “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.”

- Jill Churchill.

78. “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.”

- Elaine Heffner.

79. “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”

- Tenneva Jordan.

80. “My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance.”

- Emma Stone.

81. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”

- Maya Angelou.

82. “My mother always said ‘Don’t bother other people.’ I think that’s good advice.”

- Amy Sedaris.

83. “I’m not a regular mom. I’m a cool mom.”

- June George.

84. “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ It is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”

- Erma Bombeck.

85. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”

- Cheryl Lacey Donovan.

86. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”

- Susan Gale.

87. “In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.”

- Randy Susan Meyers.

88. “Once you’re a mom, you’re always a mom. It’s like riding a bike, you never forget.”

- Taraji P. Henson.

89. “I only love my bed and my mama, I'm sorry.”

- Drake.

90. “There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.”

- Gail Tsukiyama.

91. “I love you a thousand yellow daisies.”

- Gilmore Girls.

92. “Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. ”

- Gail Tsukiyama.

93. “My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.”

- Lisa Leslie.

94. “When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know”

- Mitch Albom.

95. “My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

- Jodi Picoult.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for funny mom quotes, then why not take a look at funny sibling quotes, or funny quotes for kids.

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Written by Supriya Jain

Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration specializing in Marketing

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Supriya JainBachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration specializing in Marketing

As a skilled member of the Kidadl team, Shruti brings extensive experience and expertise in professional content writing. With a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Punjab University and an MBA in Business Administration from IMT Nagpur, Shruti has worked in diverse roles such as sales intern, content writer, executive trainee, and business development consultant. Her exceptional writing skills cover a wide range of areas, including SOP, SEO, B2B/B2C, and academic content.

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