PAUL REVERE'S MOM:
"I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!"

  MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S MOM:
"I don't mind you having a garden, Mary, but does it have to be growing under your bed?"

  MONA LISA'S MOM:
"After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"

  HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOM:
"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' MOM:
"I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"

  BABE RUTH'S MOM:
"Babe, how many times have I told you--quit playing ball in the house! That's the third broken window this week!"

  MICHELANGELO'S MOM:
"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 MOM:
"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 MOM:
"Now, George, remember what I told you--don't go biting off more than you can chew!"

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOM:
"Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"

  BARNEY'S MOM:
"I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple."

  MARY'S MOM:
"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 MOM:
"It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?"

  GOLDILOCKS' MOM:
"I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?"

  LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOM:
"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!"

  A  LBERT EINSTEIN'S MOM:
"But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"

  GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOM:
"The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"

  JONAH'S MOM:
"That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."

  SUPERMAN'S MOM:
"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 MOM:
"Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!"

Happy Mother's Day!