Quotes About Family

Although both of us were raised on Oahu, in Honolulu, my mother has always had fond memories of Maui; this was, after all, where she and my father, then penniless yet oddly optimistic newlyweds, honeymooned in 1969.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

I'm a worrier. I worry about everything - I worry about the kids, my family, my health, Matt's health. I always think the worst - and he keeps me calm, he's really optimistic. He's a constant support with everything.

We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.

The option to freeze one's eggs is just about the most empowering choice a single woman who knows she wants to be a mother can make.

My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.

I'm a modern girl, but you should put your husband first. I like to think divorce is not an option.

There can be problems with extended families, and it can get a little close for comfort. But for the younger generations, it's clear that this option is becoming almost as appealing as living alone.

My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.

I believe that the great majority of people coming here illegally have no other option. They want to provide for their family. But we need to control our border.

My mum and dad had creative jobs, but our family was a working family - so there wasn't an option of, 'Oh, when you're older, you're not going to have to work.'

Sometimes when you look at somebody else's career or choices or family, there's almost a comfort in knowing there's another option.

Growing up, I always wanted kids, and that was one of the things that made it hard for me to accept being gay, but now I know it's totally an option to have kids.

For a couple that wants to have a child, there's the option of IVF, but then have a look at adoption as well.

In terms of my childhood, it was normal. You go through school, do well in school, and then I went to university. The performance arts aspect was never really an option because it was never in my family. Nobody was there to teach me anything about that. It wasn't until maybe my second year of university that I got inspired to dance.

It was clear from very early on that I would work in the family company. There was not really ever another option or idea.

The best option for my family is for me to stick with Liverpool.

I come from a big Irish family who force-fed me as a kid, so not eating was never an option.

If you consider a small city like Indore, break-ups are not so common there. I remember my parents, like any normal couple, had their share of fights, but getting separated was never an option.

Physical violence was never an option for men or women in my family.

There are a lot of differences between me and Daphne but I think she values family, which I also value, and at a time when women had only one option, she was as determined to make that happen as I am in my career I guess, and I think that was sort of my way into Daphne.

My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the U.S. So it wasn't an option not to step up to those high expectations. So I didn't go to high school. There was an early entrance program at California State in Los Angeles, and I started college at 13.

We are really looking at all of our options. I mean, listen, whether it's IVF or whatever it is, we want to have a baby and we will have a baby.

At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.