Quotes About Family

I loved growing up in Ohio.

Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.

All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.

My dream is to get rich enough from an absolutely soul-disintegrating campaign where I sell my morals to buy a house in Ohio near my family.

Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.

I lived with a German family. I learned about schnitzel from Ritta Seiffer. When she cooked she'd get the oil really hot so that it sealed everything and in the middle was very juicy. That's the secret to a great schnitzel.

In our house, we do everything whole: whole milk and full-fat cheeses. And I use ghee and coconut oil for cooking.

All of my gifts really come from a place of healing. I have homemade essential oils with a diffuser, which I've given to all my kids.

Growing up, my mom used essential oils in our home, so I've always noticed the benefits and now incorporate them in my daily routine.

I think it was like, 'I don't look like you, Mom. I don't look like you, Dad. Like, what's going on here?' They just kind of told me I was adopted. I was like, 'OK, that's fine with me.'

As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.

I don't like to be alone. I like to have my family around me. They disturb me, of course, but that's OK.

My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'

My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

I told my mom I was gay when I was 16, and my mom said with her heavy Brazilian accent, 'OK, but at least look good at it.'

There are no 'Leave It to Beaver' families. Everybody's family's got that one nut that comes to the family reunion and you're like, OK, that guy's here.

As leaders, we in Israel must take into account the concerns of diaspora Jewry. Israel is strong enough to take criticism from within the family of Jews who say, 'OK, we disapprove of Israeli policy, but we stand firm for Israel.'

It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.

It wasn't just OK to achieve in my family - it was expected.

My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.

One of the biggest things growing up that my dad taught me is that if I was okay to talk about my feelings and express how I felt and not get angry, then he would listen to me. If I had issues, I would just tell him, 'Here's how I feel, this is what I'm feeling,' either with him or with my mom.

I guess more than anything, I just realized, okay, one day I had a home to live in and my family around me. The next day, I did not.

I don't give two hoots about nasty comments. I can laugh over them when they are about me but it's not okay to attack my family, my children. I can't take it. My claws will come out.

If I lived alone, Mom'd never sleep because she wouldn't know I was okay.