Quotes About Family

I grew up mainly with my mother, and I would see my father from time to time. But I didn't have a constant male figure.

I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.

My parents have seen me flirt with girls in front of them, so they're kind of used to it.

My kids would come in from school and sit on the floor in front of the TV and line up duck call boxes and put the stickers on the duck call and then put them in the boxes.

I can now video chat with my grandkids from any corner of the world, listen to music, or order food and have it delivered to my front door.

Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'

I spend most of my time at home dancing with my daughter to things like 'Frozen' and 'The Greatest Showman.'

Mum bought our dinners from Bejams, a frozen food centre. We had a huge chest freezer, back in the 70s and we filled it chockablock with frozen stuff.

I still remember my father would bring lovely cakes for all of us from 'Flurys' in Calcutta. My mom used to love fruit cake while I loved cream pastries and to please both of us, he would get that and all kinds of savories too!

We have a very disabled person in our family who is cared for by someone who lives a life most other people would find impossible, and her faith is making it a joy for her. And you can't argue with that. I mean, you can, but it's fruitless.

Avocado is one of my favourite fruits, and my daughters and I love avocado in salads, and even in smoothies.

I'm sure they're saddened by me, and I get frustrated with them. But I love them, and at the end of the day if they need me or if they need anything, I'm there for them. Family.

I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family.

The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration.

The difference between a child's aspiration and that family's situation, is the exact measurement of that family's frustrations.

My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations.

I drive a Yukon Flex Fuel, and there's baby seats in the back.

My fuel for my fire is to be able to provide for my family.

I get most of my athleticism from my mom. I know my dad cringes every single time I say that, but my competitive nature was always fueled by my dad.

I love my father very much. I attribute so much of the person I am today to the values that he and my mother set for us, and the way they encouraged us every day of our lives to go out and find what we love doing and to fulfill our potential and really be happy.

I knew what this business meant to my father. I had to fulfill his dream. Any son's job is to make his parents happy; that's what I did.

My mother turned 40 in 1973. So in 1970 - when 'The Female Eunuch' came out and Ms. magazine was founded - my mom was 37 with two children, and she was just that little bit too old, and the circumstances of her life were set up in a certain way that for her to fulfill her ambitions and dreams, she would have had to break with the family.

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

I have a personal dream to be a mom, to have a family and all that but - when I do take that break to fulfill it - I want everything else to be so strong and set that people don't forget me.