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Family Quotes

"Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives."

"Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives."

Jon Porter, American Politician

Family, Children, Play, Teachers

5

"Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of the Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts."

"Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of the Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Family, Children, Life, Love, Independence

5

"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family."

"The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family."

Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

5

"It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia."

"It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia."

Henry Lawson, Australian Writer

Family, Children, Fact, Now, Public

5

"I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense."

"I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

Family, Sense, Want

5

"Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment."

John Bradshaw, American Philosopher

Family, Children, World, Zen

5

"I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children."

"I've got one young family by the first wife, with four children."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Family, Wife, Children, First

5

"And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children."

"And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children."

David Neeleman, Brazilian Businessman

Family, Father, Children

5

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Family, Help, World

5

"What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind."

"What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind."

Alexis Arguello, Nicaraguan Athlete

Family, People, Country, Help

5

"I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother."

"I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother."

Steve Case, American Businessman

Family, Sister, Brother

5

"The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews."

"The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews."

Heinrich Heine, German Poet

5

"No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island."

"No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island."

Mitch Kapor, American Businessman

5

"I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups."

"I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

5

"I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control."

"I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control."

Muriel Spark, English Novelist

Family, Mother, Thought, Control, Birthcontrol

5

"I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes."

"I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes."

Blake Lively, American Actress

Family, Boys, Brothers, Girls

5

"It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other."

"It is through our extended family that we first learn to compromise and come to an understanding that even if we don't always agree about things we can still love and look out for each other."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Family, Compromise, Love, Support

5

"When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that."

"When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that."

Diane Arbus, American Photographer

Family, Mother, Right

5

"Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these years."

"Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these years."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Children, Love, Joy, Parenting

5

"My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds."

"My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds."

Ernest Istook, American Politician

Family, Father, Son, Strength, Ability

5

"Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me."

"Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me."

Paul Tsongas, American Politician

Family, Time, Faith, People

5

"This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby, Calla said."

"This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby, Calla said."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Family, Humor, Identity, Science

5

"I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family."

"I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family."

Al Roker, American Entertainer

Family, Love, Cooking

5

"I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog."

"I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog."

Sandra Cisneros, American Author

Family, Mother, People, Name, School

5

"If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family."

"If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family."

Rocco Buttiglione, American Politician

Family, Choices, Investment, Poverty

5

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

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

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Advice, Want

5

"In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."

"In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."

Alice Walker, American Author

Family, Mother, Garden

5

"In an extended family, anybody can bug out of his own house for months, and still be among relatives. Nobody has to go on a hopeless quest for friendly strangers, which is what most Americans have to do."

"In an extended family, anybody can bug out of his own house for months, and still be among relatives. Nobody has to go on a hopeless quest for friendly strangers, which is what most Americans have to do."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Family, Support, Community, Home

5

"No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas."

"No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas."

William J. Brennan, Jr., American Judge

Family, Home, Ideas, World

5

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

"The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children."

Nancy Friday, American Author

Family, Mother, Father, Gratitude, Children

5

"My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now."

"My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Family, Father, Now, Sons

5

"A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful in the untouchable way of mothers who are our exemplars for what we will admire in women when we come of age."

"A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful in the untouchable way of mothers who are our exemplars for what we will admire in women when we come of age."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

Family, Beauty, Motherhood, Aging, Admiration

5

"Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get. It's really not even fair to everyone else."

"Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get. It's really not even fair to everyone else."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Family, Future, Humor, Supernatural

5

"Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce."

"Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Family, Children, Battle, Struggle, Fight

5

"Parents never you make church and studying the word of God optional for your children. If they are in your house, get them up, teach them the word of God, the greatest awards, PhD or achievements any child could have is to grow up in the word of God. I and my family are living witness and it is extending to our third generation."

"Parents never you make church and studying the word of God optional for your children. If they are in your house, get them up, teach them the word of God, the greatest awards, PhD or achievements any child could have is to grow up in the word of God. I and my family are living witness and it is extending to our third generation."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Family, Parenting, God, Children, Teaching

5

"My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me."

"My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Family, Father, Children

5

"Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them."

"Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Family, Children, Needs

5

"Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today."

"Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Family, Children, Mouse, Problems

5

"If you are born into a family below the national median income, we provide you with an additional $500, and for every contribution made to a child's account below the national median income, we match it dollar for dollar - the federal government will."

"If you are born into a family below the national median income, we provide you with an additional $500, and for every contribution made to a child's account below the national median income, we match it dollar for dollar - the federal government will."

Harold Ford, American Politician

Family, Government, Income, Will

5

"The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit."

"The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Family, Women, Tax, Nothing

5

"Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium."

"Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium."

Paul Tsongas, American Politician

Family, Children, Commitment, Environment, Journey

5

"It was a wealthy family, and they heard me talk about movies, and they told me I should go into movies. That's the benefit of hanging out with rich people; they have no sense of what is or isn't possible."

"It was a wealthy family, and they heard me talk about movies, and they told me I should go into movies. That's the benefit of hanging out with rich people; they have no sense of what is or isn't possible."

Michael Patrick Jann, American Actor

Family, Movies, People, Sense

5

"Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla."

"Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

Family, Daughter, Being

5

"Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments."

"Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments."

Alan Jackson, American Musician

Family, Music, Age

5

"I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely."

"I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely."

Jackie Collins, British Author

5

"I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center."

"I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center."

Greg Walden, American Politician

Family, Government, Work, People

5

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

"I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

5

"I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet."

"I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet."

Ken MacLeod, Scottish Writer

Family, Father, Devil, Internet, Lies

5

"There's nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure."

"There's nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Family, Emotion, Security, Happiness

5

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion."

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion."

Niki Taylor, American Model

Family, Fashion, Friends, Will

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