Family Quotes - Page 56

One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves.

Mother love has been much maligned. An over mothered boy may go through life expecting each new woman to love him the way his mother did. Her love may make any other love seem inadequate. But an unloved boy would be even more likely to idealize love. I don't think it's possible for a mother or father to love a child too much.

Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.

Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.

My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children.

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.

My mother really was the strength in our family. She would sort of keep us in line and I admired her very much .

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

I've often lost faith in myself, I've never lost it in my family.

You know you're getting old when kids start to dress like you used to and movies are made about your teen life.

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

There's something stubborn about families, unhappy ones in particular: they outlive themselves, and then they live on.

Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable energy in "clowning around." They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental.

He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever.

A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.

Family and friends and Rene and the pregnancy fulfilled me with so much love.

We had our family tree done... turns out I'm a quarter gay on my father's side.

Within time, you get comfortable with yourself and with the unknown - that we're not going to know until that time comes. And that's enough for me. I wrestle with this a lot even now because I don't want to step on anyone's religion. My family is still very dedicated. At the same time, I take great issue with it when it starts defining policy or ultimately becomes separatist. ... It's been the basis of our main conflicts throughout history.

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.