Quotes About Relatives

I have relatives in New York.

When I was a kid, I lived with Runner's second cousin in Holcomb, Kansas, for about five months

It is an absolute demanding absolutes in a world with a preference for relatives.

And how is Uncle Edward? or is he dead? I've reached the time of life when relatives die unnoticed.

Our society has a mentality that elderly people pass on their wealth to their son or immediate relatives, and I think we all do it. It's a part of nature and is an exaggerated topic.

Do you have anyone in mind, Hugo?" the duke asked. "Not really." Hugo sighed. "I have an army of female cousins and aunts who would be only too

Roo was a confirmed spinster, devoted birdwatcher and, to the chagrin of many of her relatives, a card-carrying liberal Democrat

Turtles' shells are bony plates covered with scales called scutes. The ancient relatives of birds also had scales.

Few of Bloom's research subjects showed any great promise as children. Instead, the one commonality was encouragement, a lot of encouragement. In each case, there was a parent or close relative who rewarded any display of talent, and ignored the opposite. Prodigies, it seemed, were made, not born. As Bloom later told reporters: "We were looking for exceptional kids, but what we found were exceptional conditions.

God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.

God gives us our relatives--thank God he lets us choose our friends.

The atmosphere in my house wasn't of the creative kind at all. No one in my family is remotely connected with films.

The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives.

I didn't know anyone in my family who acted; no one in my immediate family did any acting.

Success is relative. The more success, the more relatives.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job right there.

Selbst die Verwandten der Berühmten [sind] berühmt, denn Ruhm [ist] erblich.

The press could not help themselves. They attacked like ravenous relatives around a buffet table.

At death our friends and relatives either draw nearer to us and are found out, or depart farther from us and are forgotten. Friends are as often brought nearer together as separated by death.

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity.

Ray,' I said, 'is everyone your cousin?' 'Well, I got ten uncles and aunts on my mother's side, and ten more on my father's. And one of my uncles had twenty-eight kids. I got a lot of cousins.

It's not your uncle Harvey again, is it?" I said. "The one who thinks he's a giant rabbit?

And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!His sisters and his cousins,Whom he reckons up by dozens,And his aunts!