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.”
“Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family their defense of families carries no conviction.”
-- Christopher Lasch
“The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.”
-- Christopher Lasch
“I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.”
-- Giada De Laurentiis
“Spending $1 for a brand new house would feel very, very good. Spending $1,000 for a ham sandwich would feel very, very bad. Spending $19,000 for a small family car would feel, well, more or less right. But as with physical pain, fiscal pain can depend on the individual, and everyone has a different threshold.”
-- Jeffrey Kluger
“When you live on the road, going home is a place to escape and just be with your family to unwind.”
-- Jonathan Davis
“It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.”
-- Caroline Kennedy
“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.”
-- Pope John Paul II