Mamas have held us down from the beginning of time with quick quips about things that ranged from our appearances to our attitudes and we honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. Though it may have felt like nagging when you were younger, as we age, many cannot help but notice ourselves uttering our mother’s favorite tag line, and appreciating the truth behind it. Every mom has their own personal gems, but these are a few quotes that we all know a little too well. Here are a few life lessons forever ingrained in us thanks to our mamas:

1. Be back by the time the streetlights come on. 
2. I’m not one of ya lil’ friends. 
3. You need a shower, you smell like outside. 
4. Fix ya face before I fix it for you. 
5. McDonald’s is only to be eaten when one has McDonald’s money.
6. I’m not your friends’ mom. I’m YOUR mom and I’m saying you can’t go. 
   
7. Take the meat out. 
8. She brought you into this world and she can take you out. 
9. Turn the lights off before my bill be sky high. 
10. When we get to the store, don’t touch nothin’ and don’t ask me for nothin’. 
11. Don’t say “lies,” say “telling stories.”
12. Any inconvenience experienced happens because you’re always on that phone.
13. There’s food at the house. 
14. Don’t leave no chicken on that bone. There’s starving children in Africa. 
15. Stop cryin’ before you’re given something to cry about.
16. You’re never too old to get your ass beat.
17. Don’t go outside with your hair looking a mess.
    
18. You’ll get treated like an adult when you start acting like one. 
19. If you keep making that face, it’ll get stuck like that. 
20. Be quiet when mom can’t hear herself think.
21. God gave you a brain, so use it. 
22. Shut the door, you’re letting the AC out. 
23. Clean your room before company comes over. 
24. Don’t make her… 
25. You’ll always be her baby.