Cousin Quotes

• I'm not an immigrant - I was born and raised in New York. My parents are Puerto Rican, and Puerto Rico is a part of the U.S., for the people that don't know. So my whole life, I've identified as an American. There are times when I've gone to Puerto Rico, and there, I'm seen as the American cousin.

  

  Elizabeth Rodriguez
  • People
  • Life
  • American

• No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now the ultimate reason for attending family gatherings is for your children to have the time of their lives with their cousins. Little kids love their cousins. I’m not being cute or exaggerating here. Cousins are like celebrities for little kids. If little kids had a People magazine, cousins would be on the cover. Cousins are the barometers of how fun a family get-together will be. “Are the cousins going to be there? Fun!

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Children
  • Kids
  • Fun

• Ian Fleming was my cousin, and he wanted me to play Dr. No, but by the time he got around to remembering to tell the producers, they'd already cast someone else. Spilt milk!

  

  Christopher Lee
  • Time
  • Cousin

• I'd stand on a coffee table, and my cousin Edith would give me dimes, and you put the dimes on your head... And when your forehead was full, show was over.

  

  Billy Crystal
  • Coffee
  • Cousin

• I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.

  

  Beverly Cleary
  • Live
  • Mother
  • College

• My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just liked their song on the radio. We liked that because that was what we had access to.

  

  Kurt Vile
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Song

• The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin showed me 'Small Change,' and I just couldn't get over that this was a white guy singing.

  

  Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  • Time
  • Guy
  • Small

• I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.

  

  Adam Garcia
  • Me
  • Ballet
  • Teachers

• I left the city to accomplish something. And by leaving the city and trying to accomplish something, I've been a terrible cousin, brother, son some days.

  

  BJ the Chicago Kid
  • Trying
  • City
  • Son

• As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Life
  • Long
  • Heart

• Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.

  

  Owen Glendower
  • Life
  • Good
  • Long

• Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping.

  

  Owen Glendower
  • May
  • You
  • Lord

• Besides, isn't there something in the book of rules about a man may not marry his cousin? Or am I thinking of grandmothers?

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Book

• I bumped into my cousin after she'd shaved her hair very short, and she looked incredible. She seemed so effortless and cool, and I wanted that. And, I've had it like that ever since.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • She
  • Cool
  • Hair

• I'm a character actress. I'm the girl next door, the aunt, the quirky cousin. You have to innately know who you are and be happy with that.

  

  Faith Prince
  • Character
  • Happy
  • Girl

• I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • Life
  • Good
  • Album

• My cousin is gay, I always tell him that in our family tree, he's in the fruit section.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Family
  • Gay
  • Tree

• We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

  

  Matthew Rhys
  • Good
  • Stupid
  • Cousin

• When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was one of the founders of the company, and she told my mom that there were these auditions for 'The King and I,' and that they needed kids. I auditioned, got in and the love affair started from there and just kept going.

  

  Lea Salonga
  • She
  • Kids
  • Mom

• I used to go to San Diego all the time to hang out. My cousin played for the San Diego Padres, and my brother lives down there. I love going to the zoo and walking around Old Town.

  

  Drake Bell
  • Time
  • Brother
  • Walking

• I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band.

  

  Verite
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Band

• I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were British subjects; George V was the cousin of the tsar. The Romanovs were very real in their household.

  

  Kathryn Harrison
  • Real
  • Grandparents
  • Cousin

• My family fled Iran in October 1978 as a result of the coming revolution when I was two years old. In the early days, my entire family lived together in a very crowded house, where I shared a room with my sister, cousin, and grandmother, and we would all listen to my grandmother tell stories before bedtime.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Family
  • Together
  • House

• I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.

  

  Neil Sedaka
  • Army
  • Cousin

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