Quotes about Family, page 3

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

Quote by Adam Garcia about family

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about family

I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife.

Quote by Larry Hagman about family

I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.

Quote by Jim Fowler about family

The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.

Quote by John Fowles about family

You've got to explain very clearly to someone working for their family why all this open space is important to us.

Quote by Jim Fowler about family

I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.

Quote by Paris Hilton about family

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about family

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about family

I know that I could really kill for my daughter. I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family. I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody...

Quote by Whitney Houston about family

I'm not sad that I haven't had any children, because there are a lot in my family. My brother's children in their early twenties are great.

Quote by Anjelica Huston about family

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work.

Quote by Michael Jackson about family

I didn't know my dad all that much. He and my mum split when I was pretty young. I really didn't know much about my family until recently.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

My dad's family was from Nuremberg, and his father had a mail order textile business. He was in Germany when it was getting pretty lousy and he was forced to sell his business to some Nazi.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

Pretty much everyone's family was either chased out or ran away from some sort of horrible situation in the old country and made something of themselves in America.

Quote by Billy Joel about family

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

Quote by Elton John about family

Yeah, but before anything, I think in 6 years somehow I've grown up to have a beautiful home, 2 beautiful stepchildren, a beautiful husband, my family is healthy and happy. I'm financially ok and I do what I love for a living. That's what I think,...

Quote by Angelina Jolie about family

It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.

Quote by Quincy Jones about family

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store.

Quote by Quincy Jones about family