“I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.”

“Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.”

“Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.”

“I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.”

“People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends and family.”

“I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?”

“A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.”

“No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.”

“My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it.”

“There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.”

“You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.”

“Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.”

“I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.”

“My family and friends treat me as they always have.”

“On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.”

“A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.”

“I don't think anyone has a normal family.”

“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”

“Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.”

“But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.”

“I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.”