Family Quotes

"She had always wanted a brother. And she had one now. Sebastian. It was like always wanting a puppy and being a hellhound instead."

- Cassandra Clare

"It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea."

- Dylan Thomas

"My dad and one brother are working the farm. They laughed when I said I wanted to act. We work very hard, but for my family, it's just another experience in life, y'know?"

- Travis Fimmel

"I've three older brothers, Dan, Russ and Darren, and a younger brother, Joe. It was a lot of fun."

- Rob Beckett

"What my father gave me more than anything else is great tutoring and a great brain, frankly. You know, my father's brother was a top person at MIT, went to MIT, graduated from MIT, was a teacher at MIT, a professor at MIT, a great engineer. I mean, you know, I have very good genes."

- Donald Trump

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'"

- Harmon Killebrew

"My brother and I loved 'ThunderCats' and Robin Williams coming out of an egg in 'Mork & Mindy.' At the time, I thought it was funny, but looking back, it was a crazy concept!"

- Shaun Evans

"My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs."

- Stephen Colbert

"A happy family is merely an earlier heaven."

- George Bernard Shaw

"The family is the first and most fundamental cell of human society."

- Pope John XXIII

"Families are the compass that directs us, the inspiration to attain tremendous heights, and our solace when we sometimes fall."

- Brad Henry

"The power of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its allegiance to one another."

- Mario Puzo

"A family is a place where thoughts interact with one another."

- Buddha

"Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing."

- Irina Shayk

"The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst."

- Marge Kennedy

"Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts."

- Les Dawson

"Being part of a family means smiling for photos."

- Harry Morgan

"The family is one of nature’s masterpieces."

- George Santayana

"I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends, and God. All will be in my thoughts daily."

- Lil’ Kim

"It’s all about the quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family."

- Philip Green

"Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches."

- Wanda Hope Carter

"Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion."

- Niki Taylor

"Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space."

- Evan Esar

"The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to."

- Dodie Smith

"When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you."

- Guy Lafleur

"Children do not need us to shape them. They need us to respond to who they are."

- Naomi Aldort

"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what."

- Dez Del Rio

"Without family, you've got nothing."

- Dom Toretto

"Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy."

- Jenna Morasca

"Family is a blessing. Just keep saying that when you are irritated by something a family member says."

- Marcelina Hardy