Quotes about Family

“I don't think anyone has a normal family.”

“Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends.”

“When I do shows, I take pictures and make the fans feel like family. All of that really matters. That's the cheat code if you ain't got a hit.”

“The richest inheritance any child can have is a stable, loving, disciplined family life.”

“I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.”

“For me, my work, family, and fans are the most important; rest is just there.”

“My family means everything to me in the world. So as long as my family is taken care of, I'm a happy guy.”

“All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.”

“We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.”

“Atlanta is definitely where it's at. I still go back to Chicago a lot though, I got family there.”

“I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.”

“I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of urgency.”

“Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.”

“I've watched my family grow, I've traveled around the world and I've had a chance to contribute some, I think.”

“If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal.”

“I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.”

“If I was on a 'Modern Family' kind of show, and they said, 'You have to say that the burger is $5.55; Have a good day!'... I could do that!”

“I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.”

“I have a weird definition of family; it's not the same as everyone else's.”

“The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.”

“I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.”