Quotes About Family

My parents' greatest wish was that I graduated from college. Neither of my parents had a college education, and they really wanted me to have one.

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did.

My dad was going to graduate school at Columbia, in New York, so we moved there. After he graduated, we ended up settling in New York, so I grew up there.

I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.

I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good.

My father worked at the Grain Exchange.

My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew more about the basics of farming than of acting.

That was one thing I wanted to win because, my mom, she didn't really know much else in music, but the Grammys were special to her.

I went to the Grand Canyon with my family when I was about 8 years old, and I had a very blah experience. I think the scale of it is too huge - you don't appreciate it.

I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.

I love my family - wife, daughter, grandchildren. All them are my life. I love them because they know I am the legend but they are my legends because they are my heart.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

I love to give money away. I don't know if it makes my children and grandchildren all that happy.

I've got the most fabulous children and grandchildren.

My grandchildren are my lifeline. I adore them and look forward to the time I get to meet and play with them.

I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.

I'm blessed with four great children and eight grandchildren.

I've always enjoyed seeing the world through the eyes of my grandchildren.

I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

I don't care about the respect of the press or the public or anybody. Whose respect every day I'm trying to garner is the respect of my children and my grandchildren and my friends, the people I work with.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.