Family Quotes
“Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next.”
“When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.”
-- Jane Goodall
“For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.”
-- Iain Duncan Smith
“Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.”
-- Brett Favre
“It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.”
-- James Earl Jones
“I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.”
-- Giada De Laurentiis
“My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.”
-- Reba McEntire