Family Quotes
“The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.”
“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”
-- Bertrand Russell
“Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.”
-- Ang Lee
“I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.”
-- Chris Martin
“I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.”
-- Whitney Houston
“My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.”
-- Laura Schlessinger
“When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.”
-- John Cheever