Quotes About Family

My dad plays every point with me. He sees the game so well, and knows exactly what to say to make me play better.

I'm the son of a Black man who was born in the segregated South.

Our kids seldom even get to see a movie. When we go to a movie, it's an event - and we make it an event.

My dad always watched wrestling and I seldom did.

I select movies keeping in mind that my family should be able to watch it.

Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is very important, you feel the weight of how people look at you. Even though I might seem very modern and very liberated, I still have a lot of issues to deal with. I'm scared of how people look at me.

I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it.

My mother tried her best to give us a sense of self-esteem.

My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.

I'm self-sufficient, but it's brilliant to have people in your life that you love, who love you and are important to you.

As long as everything is happy at home, I can be totally selfish at work.

I work very hard, but I also really enjoy time with my family as well. So I take everything as it comes, but I really am very selfish about my family time.

I'm pretty selfish, I think. I'm probably a terrible dad. I don't do too much with my kids. Obviously I love them and everything, but I just stay here in the studio all day.

My dad has this beautiful spirit of being able to create no matter where he is. He's always been so selfless with our family. It's hard to put words to it. He's an incredible man.

There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.

It's a sacrifice for me. It's not really something I want to do. I don't love the idea of being a U.S. senator; I love the idea of being a mother.

It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send your kid to war - your daughter or your son.

I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.

I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.

If you talk to any senior Army leaders, you'll find one, if not all, their children are in the Army.

I have a country-boy sense of humor. I come from a poor family, and I have no education. But I am Middle America, and what makes me laugh is what makes them laugh.

Our whole family has a similar sense of humor. We get over things by laughing at ourselves.

Both of my parents have great senses of humor.

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.