Family Quotes
“You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.”
“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