Quotes About Family

I want my son to look at me the way I looked at my pops. That's what I want from him.

My pops got his own coffee company. My pop distributes coffee.

My pops passed when I was little. I didn't have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn't have my biological mother.

As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.

My pops, the whole time while I was growing up, was conscious of what we ate. He made sure we exercised and had time outside. He knew having a healthy lifestyle meant exercise.

Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'

In baseball, there's certain things you can call someone: a fossil, graybeard, grandpa, dad, pops. But I got a chance to say it and mean it.

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.

I think I can allow myself one child - and from then on, I think I would have to adopt. It makes sense not to add to the population problem.

'The Leftovers' takes place three years after 2% of the population has gone missing. And it's about how that changes society. Cults form as a result, and it drastically changes home life for a lot of people, including the Garvey family, which is the family I belong to.

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

For me Louisiana was mostly family when I was there. We hardly left; there was no need to... We hardly left the front porch. You would just sit, and folks would come by, and it was really old school in that way.

I started cutting hair when I was about 16. Everyone in the neighborhood would come by, and I'd come out on the porch and sit and cut. I'd charge $3 a head. Every time I earned some money, I'd give it to my mom.

I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like.

My children are as at home in the Port Elgin library as I used to be, and they've sat in the cinema seats where I sat with their aunt every Saturday afternoon, watching the matinee movies.

My father gave me an old Olympia portable when I was in fourth grade. Our ancestors came from Ireland. Our family stories of immigration helped me understand more about my characters in 'The Lemon Orchard.'

My grandmother raised me for a good portion of my life. She moved to Los Angeles with me to be an actor, so I've always had a connection with an older generation.

I'm of Cypriot heritage, we have no concept of portion control.

The entire time I was in Portland, which was the five years, I had absolutely no contact with any of my family.

It would be nice if we redefined what we meant by 'war story.' If you're making $15,000 a year living in a certain area of Portland, trying to make it with three kids and no husband, that's a kind of war.

Once my family grew bigger I loved Portland more.

To me, Portland, there's a lot of things to do out there especially if you have a growing family.