“The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.”

“Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.”

“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”

“My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.”

“I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.”

“I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.”

“The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.”

“It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.”

“I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.”

“Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them.”

“My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.”

“We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.”

“As a child, the family that I had and the love I had from my two parents allowed me to go ahead and be more aggressive, to search and to take risks knowing that, if I failed, I could always come home to a family of love and support.”

“I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.”

“The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.”

“We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.”

“Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.”

“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.”

“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'”

“There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees.”

“Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.”