Quotes About Family

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.'

It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.

The Hindi film that connects with my life story the most is the movie 'Hero' - two brothers being lost and sort of coming back.

One of the saddest things in this world is to see a child grow up hating one of their parents because they only got one side of the story.

'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.

My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but the acting influence must have been from her - yes, put it down to my mother.

My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came out of the church because we were very much part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. At family gatherings, the older folk had the floor, had pride of place, and it was their stories I remember.

My grandmother was not a great storyteller.

My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again.

I don't know if it's unique, but I know many Korean American people of my generation who want to know about their grandparents' lives in Korea, but their family members won't tell them because it's too painful. But my grandmother is just a natural storyteller, and she very openly spoke about really difficult times in her life.

I'm a storyteller, and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life's milestones.

My dad is a storyteller. I've heard his funny stories 500 times, but I would never stop him because he tells them so brilliantly and still knows where to put the funny bit.

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

I come from a long line of storytellers.

I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.

I come from a family of storytellers.

I grew up in a family of storytellers, but Google has destroyed us because you can fact-check everything. We'd always like the stories to be a little better than they were.

It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.

My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.

Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.