Family Quotes

“Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.”

-- Jodi Picoult

“The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.”

-- Ice Cube

“It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.”

-- Barbara Bush

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”

-- Erma Bombeck

“Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.”

-- Susannah York

“Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.”

-- Bernice Weissbourd

“No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay.”

-- Tom Hanks

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”

-- Vartan Gregorian

“Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.”

-- Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.”

-- Bruce Barton