Quotes About Family

So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of strange dysfunction that exists even among deeply functional families.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.

In 1860, sixty-three per cent of the couples married in Great Britain had families of four or more children; in 1925 only twenty per cent had more than four.

What I got out of it was a great experience working with great people and it becoming a tremendous - basically - a family at the end that none of us wanted to leave.

Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.

My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate.

They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates.

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.

I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.

My whole family is missing that sports gene. I hope I didn't screw that up by marrying a great golfer.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.

It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.

I realize now what a great job my wife Michelle did, not only in raising our children, Melissa, Amy, Dustin, and Jenna, but in taking care of me.

I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.