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Quotes About Family

The family coil so twisted, tight and loose anyone trying to leave has to strafe the field burn the premises down
~ Adrienne Rich
My husband spoke eagerly of the children we would have; my parents-in-law awaited the birth of their grandchild. I had no idea of what I wanted, what I could or could not choose. I only knew that to have a child was to assume adult womanhood to the full, to prove myself, to be 'like other women.
~ Adrienne Rich
We all have a gift; we all have a passion - it's just about finding it and going into it. Being an asset to your family and community.
~ Angela Bassett
Music is a very integral part of my life because I was born into a musical family, and it's not just a passion... it's everything for me.
~ Armaan Malik
If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.
~ Roman Polanski
My passion is my family and the world of fashion.
~ Claudia Schiffer
My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
~ Damian Lewis
I play with the same energy, passion and fire that I played with as a 10-year-old in north Alabama, and I'll continue to play that way. I think sometimes that's misrepresented. There's nothing I say out there that I can't say to my mom, wife or daughters. It's all clean.
~ Philip Rivers
I have a great passion for boxing. I have family members who are boxers.
~ Yoel Romero
My mom is real passionate and a family-first woman. She always told me that just because I can shoot a basketball better than someone else, I shouldn't think that I'm better than them. I know if I change, my friends and family would lay me down. She just wants to see her kids do right.
~ Derrick Rose
Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life.
~ Siri Hustvedt
The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.
~ Shane Warne
Life beyond movies is a lot to me. My family, my friends, fitness, my music, books - just a combination of things I am very passionate about.
~ Neha Dhupia
I was born into a Greek family, and it was instilled in me not only to be passionate about the culture but also to be freaky loyal.
~ Elena Kampouris
Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally got into it, I felt like it was so late in the game; that's why I worked seven days a week at Craft and Mercer Kitchen. I wanted to see how far I could take it.
~ David Chang
TaskRabbit is really my first baby. So balancing the second child is something I've tackled, but I'm really passionate about what I do, and then I'm passionate about coming home and putting my baby to bed.
~ Leah Busque
I always was passionate about science fiction and horror, and my parents enjoyed that as well.
~ Jane Goldman
I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
~ Andrea Barrett
My family were liberal with a small 'l' but passionately doers. I wanted to be a doer.
~ Richard Attenborough
You can have your cake and eat it too and follow your passions, have a family, and be happy.
~ Ayesha Curry
One of my dad's biggest passions is cooking, so we always had good food at home.
~ Bill Skarsgard
Outside of my family and my work, I have two passions, both instilled in me by my father: golf and fishing.
~ Matt Lauer
I've got a great family, great career, great friends, and a lot of passions, which make my life interesting and fulfilling every day.
~ Belinda Carlisle
Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.
~ Claire Denis