Quotes About Family

A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

Mama seemed to do only what my father wanted, and yet we lived the way my mother wanted us to live.

I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model in my life, but that term doesn't seem to encompass enough when I use it about her. She was the love of my life.

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

How vital are mother's influence and teaching in the home-and how apparent when neglected!

I liked my father a lot, but I didn't see him very often because my mother was bitter about him. He remarried, and I used to have to sneak off to see him.

I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.

Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent, she painted extremely well. She was quite a strong factor in my life.

If I'm his 'twin,' we do not have the same mother.

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.

My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids wont grow up to be connected to him.

My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

Men often marry their mothers.

Trying to impress my mother with words was one of my favourite pursuits.

My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

Women are weak, but mothers are strong.

There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

I'm often a crier and many things make me cry. I come from a crying family - my mother cries, my grandma used to cry. It was never shameful to cry. My father never told me men don't cry.