Quotes About Family

I am an adoptive parent. My wife and I adopted our daughter nine years ago. She was born in China. We have been her parents since she was nine and a half months old, and we don't know very much about her life before we first took her into our arms.

My dad was a supplier to the army and was not a very well-off person.

I got married at 24. It was an arranged marriage.

I don't mind an arranged marriage. The girl my parents choose could be the girl of my dreams.

We used to watch my father, who was a civil-rights activist, get arrested on TV sometimes, and we never knew if he was going to be home for dinner.

My father's family didn't really know much about our ancestry. I mean, they had the story that I think a lot of white Americans have, which is, well, we came from Europe. And we arrived here.

I don't have a family that grew up singing and playing all the time. I didn't really have anything to judge my abilities against until I got out into the professional world and met other professional musicians. All I had was my own way of arriving at a song. That was it.

My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.

Arsenal is Arsenal. It's not a small club; it's a very big club, and it's like a family. It's very good for me because I love my family, and to have another family here is very good.

I loved watching Arsenal, my son's an Arsenal fan.

My dad is white, he's an art history teacher, he's very traditional.

Arthur Winslow is one of the great parts.

I think it's really interesting to play a woman who can articulate that she isn't ready to have a family and isn't even sure if she wants a family. I have a lot of friends like that. But obviously, that's not me.

Coming from a very inarticulate family made me try to speak for those who can't express themselves and created a need for articulation at its most ceremonial - poetry.

As a performing artiste, we always need love and support from family.

There is nothing more happier for a father than to lose in his son's hands. I hope my son becomes a better artiste than I am.

I don't have actors in my family, but everyone is pretty artistic.

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than me!

My father was quiet and more artistic.

I didn't come from a lot. I had a lot of love and support from my family, but as far as money and that type of thing, I didn't really have any of that. All I did was follow my dreams. If my fans take anything from me, I hope it would be that.

I was a little bit ashamed of American TV because I thought, 'None of the shows my father works on are as funny as my father.'

Some of the things I have done... of course I'm ashamed of in the past... was just to put food on the table and just take care of my family.

My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.

I certainly couldn't have written 'Angela's Ashes' when my mother was alive, because she would have been ashamed.