Family Quotes
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I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.
Laurie Colwin
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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
Brandon Sanderson
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A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.
Martha Reeves
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I was five when I did my first show with the Mountain Play Theatre company in Marin County. I started young, and since no one in my family was involved in the industry in any way shape or form, I think everyone thought I'd do a few plays and that would be it. But then I kept doing it.
Claire Coffee
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I'm overjoyed and honored to become a member of the Hollywood Records family. I've admired the careers they've made and can't wait to see how my musical path is paved out.
Lucy Hale
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I can't tell a story about a working-class family on a premium channel that you have to pay to get.
Cristela Alonzo
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I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My father is Protestant, and while he was spiritual, he wasn't much of a churchgoing person. I think it's fairly common for families to be brought up in the mother's religion.
Christy Turlington
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Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.
Lester Holt
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Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
Andre Maurois
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I love Decatur. It is diverse, politically progressive, family oriented and I can walk everywhere.
Emily Saliers
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My training has always been a priority; whatever needs to be done will get done first before anything else. Social life will come after that. I still love being around friends and family, but with all the travelling overseas, it makes it very tough to fit in.
Kyle Edmund
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A lot of our family was undocumented. My mom and dad were both super conservative. My dad had a green card; my mom was an Eisenhower Republican who did not approve of all the 'illegal people.'
Luis Alberto Urrea
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I'm from a family of bankers and businessmen, and here I am, the artist, the black sheep.
Matthew Quick
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It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.
Donald Miller
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When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table.
Lidia Bastianich
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A family going through a divorce, a child under attack by a demon, all these things I could relate to.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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Well, I think that the image is a part of me. I wear the baggy pants, the hats, the whole nine. And you know, I may add a little for the excitement and the intrigue in the videos, but my family has told me that little air of mystery that surrounds me is for real.
Aaliyah
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People think it comes easy to us because we are from a family full of musicians, but I feel it's all about talent.
Armaan Malik
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Work used to be the No. 1 important thing to me. Everything revolved around it, and to have a new perspective and have something else, my family, not just being a mom but being a part of an incredible family of my own, it makes me have a different perspective on life that I think is richer.
Lindsay Price
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Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long - and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert.
Amor Towles
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I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.
Clint Hill
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Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the Apollo 11 mission.
Matt Taibbi
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All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and started looking at what was available - I obviously couldn't play Gloria; I couldn't play Claire. When I saw the character of Cam, I was like, 'I have to have a shot at this,' because I thought it was a character that would be really fun to play.
Eric Stonestreet
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Our family is very, very competitive. But it's a fun and inspiring sort of competitive. It makes you proud of what you do and makes you want to work hard and do all your homework so you can win.
Joe Lonsdale