Famous Quotes & Sayings

bell hooks

I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.

Taylor Spreitler

I have the most supportive parents and family in the entire world.

Tim Huelskamp

The institution of marriage holds society together. We can't replace the family.

A lot of times, you try and please your biological family, and you can't please them.

Tim Hardaway

I grew up under the sticks and stones rule. I didn't put my hands on you so why should you put your hands on me or my family.

Timothy Simons

I don't have actors in my family, but everyone is pretty artistic.

Tahar Rahim

I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.

We were all saddened by the news and we were all hoping and praying, of course. Our thoughts and prayers have truly been with the student and his family throughout all of this.

Abigail Adams

I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.

Abigail Adams

You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . . . . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage-Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to. But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof, and bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.

Abigail Adams

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.

Abigail Adams

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.

A. N. Wilson

The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.

Tom Verica

My family is very close. I can't say that about many people I meet in Hollywood.

Victor Cruz

I'm focused on football; focused on my family right now.

Victoria Beckham

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

Ansel Elgort

I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family.

David Chang

When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes a big difference.

Marianne Williamson

Family relationships trigger childhood wounds, and those wounds often trump our rational thinking. We can't 'rationally' transcend the kind of primal pain that such relationships can arouse.

Leo Buscaglia

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

Leo Buscaglia

All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That's where I learned about love.

Kurt Vonnegut

I am from a family of artists. Here I am, making a living in the arts. It has not been a rebellion. It's as though I had taken over the family Esso station.

Adriana Lima

In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces.

Kelli O'Hara

When I was a kid, I would sing in people's living rooms and for different little family things.

Arnold Palmer

When I was a kid, it was my family and God and the USGA. That was kind of the way I was raised.

When a soldier is wounded, the family is wounded as well.

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

Vint Cerf

One of my favorite books is 'The Swiss Family Robinson.' The reason is, I'm fascinated by the postapocalyptic recovery. What do we do in a disaster? How do we make do?

Vonda Shepard

The two together are a really great combo: the family life and then being able to go play some shows and write.

Valerie Simpson

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.

Sarah Jessica Parker

I wanted a family, but before I had a family, I was a career person. I've tried to marry those two things, and sometimes it is successful, and sometimes it is not.

Steve Kroft

My father was a very good golfer and he got me started early. My grandfather played, too. It was just something that the Kroft family did. I kind of grew up on the golf course.

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it.