Family Quotes
“Christmas can have a real melancholy aspect, 'cause it packages itself as this idea of perfect family cohesion and love, and you're always going to come up short when you measure your personal life against the idealized personal lives that are constantly thrust in our faces, primarily by TV commercials.”
“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