Quotes About Family

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.

I think it's a false trade-off to say quality time versus quantity - you have to have both.

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time.

Did you really JUST fall, Jeffrey? Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one?

I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years.

"Someday I'm going to marry someone like my mom and I'll be smiling all the time the way my Mom and Dad are.

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

I am a typical teen who likes to shop, sing karaoke, spend time with family and friends, answer my www.myspace.com e-mails

I am stopping so I can be a full time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

I really enjoy spending time at home.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time.

Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself.

I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.

All my freakouts have been pretty private and directed at family pets and/or people I have been dating for too short a time to freak out at in that way.

The only time I ever look good dancing is if I'm next to my dad at a wedding.

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.

Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!

SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.