"People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down."

Family, Life, People, Addiction

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"People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

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"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Emotion, Attachment, Childhood, Reflection

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Sacrifice, Motherhood, Poverty, Children

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

Stephen King, American Author

Family, Life, God, Job

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Family, Will

"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

Mark Twain, American Author

Family, Father, Approval, Wisdom

"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."

John Irving, American Novelist

Family, Sense

"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Family, Childhood, Helpfulness, Learning

"Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Family, Father, Daughter, Love, Language

"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Family, Motherhood, Compassion, God, Love

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"It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly."

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"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."

"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."

"Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand."

"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

Explore more quotes by James Taylor

"Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!"

"It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly."

"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

"I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music."

"Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand."

"I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character."

"It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure."

"We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow."

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