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Family Quotes

"Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family."

"Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family."

Ashley Olsen, American Actress

Family, Kids, Parents, Twins

28

"When one has not had a good father one must create one."

"When one has not had a good father one must create one."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Family, Father, Creation, Needs, Absence

28

"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."

Sister Parish, American Designer

28

"I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life."

"I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life."

Candace Cameron, American Actress

Family, Life, Time, Relax

28

"I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning."

"I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning."

Vanna White, American Celebrity

Family, Cats, Kids

28

"I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country."

"I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country."

Edward Zwick, American Director

Family, Children, Country, Destruction, Nothing

28

"Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me."

"Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me."

Alice Walker, American Author

28

"To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father."

"To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Family, Father, Profession, Slavery

28

"My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman."

"My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman."

Gordon Getty, American Businessman

28

"The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility."

"The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility."

Dorothea Brande, American Writer

Family, Brothers, Impossibility

28

"I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did."

"I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did."

Lauren Holly, American Actress

Family, HusbThought, Chicago, Job

28

"Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria."

"Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

Family, Children, Wives

28

"I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife."

"I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

Family, Wife, God, Fact

28

"Sons branch out but one woman leads to another."

"Sons branch out but one woman leads to another."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Women, Relationship

28

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."

Enid Bagnold, British Author

Family, Father, Baby, Woman

28

"Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I've been able to do for my family, my word."

"Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I've been able to do for my family, my word."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

Family, Benefits, Word

28

"I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers."

"I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

Family, Brothers

28

"Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match."

"Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match."

Bubba Smith, American Athlete

Family, Children, Swearing

28

"The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus."

"The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus."

Todd Tiahrt, American Politician

Family, Children, Focus, Welfare

28

"I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds."

"I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds."

Max Cannon, American Artist

Family, Control, Effort, Military

28

"I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge."

"I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge."

Ken Burns, American Director

Family, Daughter, Children, Film, First

28

"I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities."

"I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities."

Abbe Pierre, French Clergyman

28

"My family was my guide to my reality."

"My family was my guide to my reality."

Haywood Nelson, American Actor

Family, Reality

28

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things."

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

Family, Government, Mother, Father

28

"They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you."

"They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you."

Zadie Smith, British Novelist

Family, Distance, Relationship

28

"I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmother's since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years."

"I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmother's since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years."

Penelope Lively, English Author

Family, Home, Country, First

28

"Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top."

"Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top."

Andy Roddick, American Athlete

Family, Brothers

28

"Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye."

"Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye."

Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian Poet

Family, Son, Envy, Evil, Eye

28

"I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust."

"I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust."

Edward Dmytryk, American Director

Family, Sacrifice, Being, Career

28

"When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all."

"When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all."

Jack Prelutsky, American Poet

Family, Children, Now, Poets, Voice

28

"There are family mysteries I cannot solve. There are family mysteries I am unwilling to solve."

"There are family mysteries I cannot solve. There are family mysteries I am unwilling to solve."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Family, Mystery, Boundaries, Acceptance

28

"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

28

"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."

"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."

Jean Paul, German Author

Family, Children, Conscience, Evil, Result

28

"Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free."

"Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free."

Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

Family, Children, Songs, Word

28

"Our parents were a test tube and a turkey baster."

"Our parents were a test tube and a turkey baster."

James Patterson, American Author

Family, Origin, Humor, Life

28

"They took my mother's stomach out six months ago."

"They took my mother's stomach out six months ago."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

Family, Mother, Months

28

"All the children had to wear a gas mask in case of a gas attack by the Germans. They tried to make the masks like Mickey Mouse faces so the children would like them. But I didn't. They had big ears on them."

"All the children had to wear a gas mask in case of a gas attack by the Germans. They tried to make the masks like Mickey Mouse faces so the children would like them. But I didn't. They had big ears on them."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

Family, Children, Faces, Mouse

28

"My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her."

"My father went into the armed service and I never saw my mother - I don't know what happened to her."

Gregory Corso, American Poet

Family, Mother, Father, Service

28

"There is no greater grief, than when a parent losses a child."

"There is no greater grief, than when a parent losses a child."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Family, Grief, Parenting, Truth, Emotion

28

"I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?"

"I don't hide my feelings, but when it comes to illness, I guess I don't panic. My father was the same way. I'm the provider for the family and the caretaker. If I panic, who is anybody going to run to?"

Curt Schilling, American Athlete

Family, Father, Feelings, Illness

27

"Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable."

"Children who are treated as if they are uneducable almost invariably become uneducable."

Kenneth Clark, British Author

Family, Children

27

"And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts."

"And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts."

Cornelia Funke, German Author

27

"This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father."

"This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father."

Bruno Schulz, Polish Novelist

27

"No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good."

"No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good."

Eddie Murray, American Athlete

Family, Mom, Dad, Heaven, Kids

27

"A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money."

"A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money."

Anne Northup, American Politician

Family, Money, People, Democrats

27

"People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world."

"People sort of take it for granted, but the more you see of the media world the more you appreciate a paper like the Times where its family continues to invest in editorial quality and I think it's the truly is the best paper in the world."

David Talbot, American Journalist

Family, Quality, People, Media

27

"I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way."

"I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way."

Marcia Wallace, American Actress

Family, Illness, Journey

27

"I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one."

"I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Family, Mission, State

27

"Like father, like son, four years and this president is done."

"Like father, like son, four years and this president is done."

Dick Gephardt, American Politician

Family, Father, Son, President, Years

27

"When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger."

"When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger."

Giovanni Guareschi, Italian Journalist

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