Uncle Quotes

My grandfather had been a newspaper reporter, as was my uncle. They were pretty good writers and so I thought maybe somewhere down the line I would do some writing.

Gene Hackman
- Good
- Writing
- Pretty
My sister and I used to act as maids and waitresses at my great aunt and uncle's cocktail parties, which were very much sort of retired, minor stars of the Yiddish theater and the Yiddish opera.

Amy Bloom
- Great
- Sister
- Aunt

I grew up around electronic instruments. To me, the turntable is an electronic device. At the same time, I had access to drum machines and keyboards through my uncle; then track recorders into computers. At an early age, I was messing with computers more than most hip-hop musicians.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest
- Up
- Time
- Age
Some of my favourite characters have been people like Masha in 'Three Sisters' and Elena in 'Uncle Vanya.'

Vanessa Kirby
- People
- Uncle
TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.

John C. McGinley
- Old
- Uncle
- Equivalents
My mother would say, before I left the house, 'Remember Art, hugs are better than drugs.' And I believed my mother, I believed everything she said - until the first time I got high at a party. I leaned back, and I went, 'God, this is way better than when my Uncle Perry hugs me. What else has my mother been lying to me about?

Artie Lange
- Time
- God
- Art
The Beatles may be more popular than Jesus but heavy cats like Chairman Mao, Uncle Ho, and beautiful long-haired Che Guevara are more popular than The Beatles.

Abbie Hoffman
- Long
- May
- Beautiful
My uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.

Charlotte Charke
- Brain
- Married
- Misfortune