Family: Family Quotes

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"Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly"

Daniel H. Hill, Soldier

"I have a big family and had to move them all from the coast of Oregon to New York three times for the workshops and for the actual production itself, which had about a four month development rehearsal schedule"

Gregory Harrison, Actor

"For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity"

Sidney Altman, Scientist

"Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids"

Mink Stole, Actress

"We all came from houses with doors, doors that were supposed to be closed when there were things going on that we weren't supposed to see, and when our pants were down"

Lynette Fromme, Criminal

"The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV"

Melissa Joan Hart, Actress

"He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast"

James Hogg, Poet

"My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals"

Julio Iglesias, Musician

"They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say, "Sing a song for our friends". I had a sweet voice, I had a nice little tenor voice. God knows what I sang, but my whole family would admire me"

Dominic Chianese, Actor

"The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about"

Diane Cilento, Actress

"We have freedoms and boundaries; we just have a great family life"

Kelly Preston, Actress

"If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count"

Dave Van Ronk, Musician

"As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations"

Jan Schakowsky, Politician

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband"

Ismail Merchant, Producer

"Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families nor adopted"

Charles Foster Bass, Politician

"Everyone in my family sang, and we would always sing these songs"

Chaka Khan, Musician

"In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business"

Carlos Alvarez, Writer

"My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark"

Casey Affleck, Actor

"My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil"

Arto Lindsay, Musician

"Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners"

Charles Henry Parkhurst, Clergyman

"We love to be with our family and friends, and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved"

Julia Barr, Actress

"The car trip can draw the family together, as it was in the days before television when parents and children actually talked to each other"

Andrew H. Malcolm, Writer

"My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply"

Christopher Durang, Playwright

"I'm oftentimes called away from my family... It's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close"

Benjamin Bratt, Actor

"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer"

John Sebastian, Musician

"I could feel it in my bones: how I missed the heat of my country and the love of my family"

Tony Perez, Athlete

"I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry"

Rick James, Musician

"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy"

Kamisese Mara, Statesman

"I can't be the big star in the family. We have a family, and we are all equal"

Martina McBride, Musician

"I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children"

Martin Ryle, Scientist

"Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life"

Gil Hodges, Athlete

"My parents didn't really know one another"

Christopher Durang, Playwright

"I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, it's not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer"

Max Weinberg, Musician

"I come from a large family, so you can count on the fact that I'm going to have more kids"

Benjamin Bratt, Actor

"By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out"

Russel Honore, Soldier

"There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne"

Meg Cabot, Author

"When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place"

Christopher Gist, Explorer

"To be on television and have my nieces and nephews see me, and seeing them wear my shirt to the games and be proud, it's so sweet. Sometimes it feels like it's just a dream"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"We used to really feel like the band was our family"

Chris Frantz, Musician

"I grew up in a great family"

Brian McBride, Athlete

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