My Family Quotes

You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.

You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.

I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Browns mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.

When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.

Without English art, I never would have understood myself, my own family, or the New England world I lived in.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.

I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.

Writers are the custodians of memory, and that's what this chapter is about: how to leave some kind of record of your life and of the family you were born into.

I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.

Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning and reproduction.

Family hang-outs can go very late into the night and involve lots of music.

The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.

First Family on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.

Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.

With Submarine, when I came out of school, people were so lovely and supportive. And you don't get that experience very often. It felt like a family on-set. So Submarine changed so much for me.

A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.

When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said.

I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

All of William S. Burroughs friends pushed it forward and introduced me to one another. I was able to enter into that beat family for a while and document it.

My father has been the real anchor of the family. Hes the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.

Mainly, life experiences with my family or travelling as a young kid, I feel like I had a different lifestyle than a lot of people leaving on tour when I was fourteen and stuff, so I pull from that.

I'm hanging out with my New York friends, my Jersey boys, my family and loving every single second of it.

I had a very funny family.

I don't think it's a black and white issue. If a man's family is starving so to speak, I don't think I'll hold it against him for stealing a loaf of bread.

Maybe that's all that family really is, a group of people who all miss the same imaginary place.

We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics.

Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything up.

Film work can be tedious and sort of all over the place, especially when you have a family and you're going off and doing things somewhere else.

I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.

If I have a family down the road, I don't know if I could ever raise them in the city because I am a small town girl at heart. I definitely long for the mountains.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

There are emotional ties to family that are connected to the sexual experience for women that are very different than men which does make it harder for women to date and not get hurt.

My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.

Community is like a big family.

Technology has transformed the world into a global village. And communities, families, friends, etc., into local islands.

A successful marriage was a balancing act-that was a thing everyone knew. A successful marriage was also dependent on a high tolerance for irritation.

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

The freer a society is, the more it leaves the family alone.

When they go low, we go high.

Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both.

...only the exclusive and indissoluble union between a man and a woman has a plenary role to play in society as a stable commitment that bears fruit in new life.

It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed at home.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it bein your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, fromreligion.