Quotes About Family

My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer.

I have a coffee mug that my dad gave me years ago that has the San Mateo police logo and my dad's name on it, so I brought it to set and used it in a scene. I mean, you don't see it, it's not prominently featured, but I just wanted that connectivity.

My grandmother, in her retirement home, actually has a picture of me from 'Star' magazine on their fashion police list. I think that's hilarious, but if Grandma approves, then I feel like I am all good.

'Blackish' is set in current times. So, doing a police brutality episode in current times when kids are watching our show, it gives them an access point to have these kinds of conversations as family.

I clearly remember my father cutting our jumpers and our sports clothes with scissors - because he didn't want us to wear jogging bottoms and hoodies. He thought that would somehow set the police on us.

The fact is that my mother is a cop and generally kids of cops are a little different from their parents - they tend to be quiet. In my case, I was never interested in joining the police force, because right from my childhood I have seen the challenges in a cop's life.

My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.

I've been learning about defunding our investment in police force mentality, and reinvesting in, what do young people need? What do people who get involved in drugs need, what do families need outside of money to take care of their families?

My family was poor. My father was in the police force and was drawing a small salary. Because of that I could not study.

My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

My mother's a police officer, so there was only so much trouble I could get myself into. But my father grew up on the other side.

My oldest brother was a police officer.

My father was a police officer in Los Angeles.

I come from a police family. Both my parents are police officers.

My whole family is extremely blue collar - teachers and police officers probably make up half my family. My father was a garbage man.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home.

Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it's education policies, health care policies, family leave - it informs your decision-making.

Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and may not necessarily serve a company's interests. But by and large, financial firms in particular commonly hire people who have certain connections, whether through family or a business relationship.

Getting married has certainly made a massive difference to my own life. So I am committed to giving support for family finances and having the right policies for work-life balance that make it easier for couples to have a rich family life.

Family-supportive policies, which enable women to remain and progress in paid employment and encourage men to take their fair share of care work, are crucial to achieving gender equality at work.

Child care is very important, so I want to put dollars there, and I want to make sure we get the policies right.

My family is just like most other families - we rise and fall on good and bad government policy. Politics affects us all.

I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.