Family Quotes - Page 33

In my family we've always been into ethical stuff and recycling.

Perserverance. . .that's been the story of my family.

I certainly don't walk around my home or being with my family and just using profane language all the time, but on stage, it's a constant.

Every family has a story that it tells itself, that it passes on to the children and grandchildren. The story grows over the years, mutates, some parts are sharpened, others dropped, and there is often debate about what really happened. But even with these different sides of the same story, there is still agreement that this is the family story. And in the absence of other narratives, it becomes the flagpole that the family hangs its identity from.

Your mate doesn't live by bread alone; he or she needs to be 'buttered up' from time to time.

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

I love playing music, I love my dog, and I love my family.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

I worry about people who get born nowadays, because they get born into such tiny families--sometimes into no family at all. When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond. And that encourages you to talk too much.

My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.

I was the darkest skinned person in my family. I remember how I used to feel - like I wasn't pretty enough, or I wasn't good enough.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them

There is an interconnectedness among members that bonds the family, much like mountain climbers who rope themselves together when climbing a mountain, so that if someone should slip or need support, he's held up by the others until he regains his footing.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you?

I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.

I'm very close with my family, so my mom is part of my entourage.