Family Quotes
“My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.”
“In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.”
-- Alfred Adler
“I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.”
-- Joseph Stiglitz
“I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.”
-- Sidney Poitier
“In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat.”
-- Anna Quindlen
“I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.”
-- Jeff Foxworthy