My Family Quotes

I'll work to maintain my work ethic out on the road, playing my shows, giving 110%, keeping God first, my family second, and treating my fans like royalty.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

The Book of Proverbs deals very hard blows against sluggards, and Christian ministers do well frequently to denounce the great sin of idleness, which is the mother of a huge family of sins.

Every year the hunters shot cows and horses and family pets and each other. And unbelievably, they sometimes shot themselves, perhaps in a psychotic episode where they mistook themselves for dinner

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.

As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.

Everyone has a family tree; the Dawsons have one, it's a weeping willow.

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite.

Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love.

You can cut the ties that bind but not without losing a part of yourself. You can walk away and hide from the people who made you, but you'll always hear them calling your name.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.

Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; The good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home.

The most merciful thing a large family can do to one of its infant members is to kill it.

I think we need to have a nest of something which is family.

Mother Nature is a relentless ruthless killer. She don't give a damn if you get home to your family.

The album ['A Seat at the Table'] really feels like storytelling for us all and our family and our lineage.

If you want to go somewhere, you have to put your family first.

We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.

A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.

Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time.

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction.

When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh shut up' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining.

I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.

When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble.

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.

Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama' I run in the opposite direction.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end.

One of the greatest things in human life is the ability to make plans. Even if they never come true-the joy of anticipating is irrevocably yours. That way one can live many more than just one life.

The family is the American fascism.

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.

Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for family, for love, for belonging.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.

It's the family you choose that counts.

Where does love begin? In our own homes. When does it begin? When we pray together. The family that prays together stays together.

The only people I have seen who have been truly pushing for the truth are the family members.

Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides against the Family again. Ever.

Bringing all 45 members of my crazy family together, and watching them argue is super awesome. It's good to do it just once a year.

Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there.

I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family.

I've learned that a family can have little glitches without being labeled dysfunctional.

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.

After being on the road so much I want to spend more time with my family, who I hear are wonderful people.

The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.