Quotes About Family

At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'

I went bald when I was 18. My father cried. He cried about many things. But it allowed me to play older men in summer stock.

I had thought of joining my dad in his stock broking business in Delhi.

My father was an investment banker, a stock broker.

We're like the stock exchange - we know everything that's happening in the family. Since our kids are in the same profession, we all know how they're placed.

Caution leads you to stock up on essentials and prepare your family for time in the home together.

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.

The small things that make Christmas magical are the things children will remember. It doesn't matter what they open on Christmas morning, I don't remember what was in half the boxes I opened as a kid. What mattered were the decorations, the cookies that were mysteriously eaten, and the stockings that were filled.

Every penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children.

I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

I always get super stoked to go to the Open, because it's in my home state. I get to stay in my parents' house and get to eat pancakes.

Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, 'I think this is better than Beethoven.'

My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.

When I had kids, I became a better actor. I just stole from them.

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.

I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.

There are a multitude of mothers in the world who have a daughter who is stolen, or who are stolen daughters themselves.

My mom's always asking me for hits and stolen bases and home runs and different things on Mother's Day and her birthday.

I looked on my stomach and saw Frieda Rebecca, white as flour with the cream that covers new babies, funny little dark squiggles of hair plastered over her head, with big, dark-blue eyes.

They took my mother's stomach out six months ago.

Kids don't eat fast. They take their time; they talk and laugh. Sometimes it's really annoying, because you're like, 'Come on, it's bedtime!' But try it: You'll fill up before you know it, because it takes 20 minutes for your brain to know your stomach is full.

Every time I was playing basketball, I felt sick to my stomach. I didn't realize that feeling was having to leave my family - having to leave my sister, who can't even communicate with me when I'm gone.

Cary Benjamin sleeps dreamily on my stomach as we're both bonding and recuperating. He's phenomenal.

Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is, 'I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by.' The second: 'I can't believe how much it costs.' As one of those parents, I did my best to get past the disturbing first thought and tried to calm my churning stomach while dealing with the second.