“The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve Jobs was a brilliant and highly innovative technician, with great business flair and marketing ability.”

“I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.”

“Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.”

“Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.”

“My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.”

“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.”

“In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.”

“I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.”

“I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.”

“I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.”

“There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.”

“I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid.”

“I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.”

“I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit.”

“I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.”

“The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.”

“We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.”

“I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.”

“But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!”

“If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.”

“The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.”