#Family

"A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart."

"I’m an only child, and therefore I gave birth to my parents, because if it weren’t for me, they wouldn’t even be parents."

"A family man shouldn't trade his peace for profits, it is the job of a businessman."

"The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages."

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

"With all the money my uncle embezzled over the years, it's no surprise he lives in a gated community. But what is amazing, however, is that he somehow managed to get his own cell."

"'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family."

"Most of the people in my family were pretty funny. Everyone had a good sense of humor. I came to California right after college, wanting to be a musician."

"I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility."

"You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me."

"I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes."

"Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it."

"I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me."

"But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person."

"As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is."

"Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."

"The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself."

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work."

"There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table."