Family Quotes
“My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.”
-- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.”
-- Charles Kuralt
“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.”
-- Chanakya
“Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.”
-- Katherine Jenkins
“It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.”
-- Elizabeth Gilbert
“You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.”
-- Robert Benchley
“Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family.”
-- Gus Van Sant
“Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.”
-- Novalis
“My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.”
-- P. J. O'Rourke
“I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.”
-- Tyler Perry
“I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.”
-- Kim Kardashian
“It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.”
-- Michael Pitt
“I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.”
-- Gwyneth Paltrow
“Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.”
-- Nick Carter
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.”
-- Garrett Hardin
“With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.”
-- Ginnifer Goodwin