Quotes About Family

My dad worked nights mostly and while we were growing up, and my mother also worked, so there were times where, when it was just the two of us at home, and, you know, they gave us a pretty long leash, actually.

Most of my characters are an amalgamation of people that I've met, my family, or myself. Being a writer, you can draw only from what you know. I am lucky to have really rich and interesting people in my family for, you know, interesting family nights and great characters.

My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to a little boy why I can't read him his bedtime story six nights a week. And he's even said to me, 'Mom, if you want to do a show somewhere, you should go.'

One of the reasons 'Boogie Nights' is one of my favorite movies is because it's about people in this gross industry, but they actually treat each other kind of like family. And at the end of the day, they're really kind to each other, and I feel like that is what we have.

My dad worked nights. When I got home from school I was able to go hang out with my dad and play some golf.

I come from a family where some nights you don't know where food's going to come from. There's nights where you're going to have go to bed hungry.

Most nights of the week I make it a point to get home in time to have dinner with my wife. It's a simple routine to maintain my work-life balance.

It's lonely being stuck in a hotel in London for two nights. Even a couple of nights away from the children is awful.

We went to Baptist church as a family, and that took up so many nights a week.

Before I had kids, I looked at every other parent and thought: 'They have kids, they go to work and have nights out and look happy.' But I didn't realise that you think about your kids 24/7 when you aren't with them.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

I'm proud to be considered a member of the Nike family.

My dad's European, so when I was a little kid, I couldn't wear things like Nike, so I grew up wearing Adidas.

Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations and runs along the Nile, from the concrete of Cairo to the coast of Alexandria.

I used to tell my mum to leave my dad when I was, like, nine. I loved my father, don't get me wrong. I really loved him, but he wasn't a good dad, and he wasn't a good husband.

I have to admit that out of 10 meals, nine I have at home.

When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.

My parents separated when I was nine, but my father was always around, and he still follows me now. He is always sending me messages.

Around eight or nine years back, I participated in 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.' The point of coming on the show was that a person coming from music family can also compete with people from all over India.

I would love to have eight or nine kids with Gerard - my own futbol team.

I've been here for nine years, and over that time, these people have become like my family.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

Someone comes every morning at nine o'clock to see if I am still alive. I do get lonely, yes, but I have the children who come and see me. I see all my children every week, and there are the grandchildren, too.

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.