Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

I'm driven by my passion - my family, my philanthropy, and the New England Patriots winning. That's my life.

I am very lucky to be surrounded and guided by an incredible support team comprised of my family and agents.

When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

I think the older you get, the more you realize how important life is, the more you think about your family.

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.

I love my living room: it's the heart of my home where I get to chill and spend time with family and friends.

When you come from where I come from, if anyone in the family makes it out, the others kind of come with you.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

Kids haven't changed much, but parents seem increasingly unhappy with the child raising phase of their lives.

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

Each one of them suffering from the failures of their day, with strings of guilt they tried hard to guide us.

My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.

I'd love to have been born into a wealthy family. I might have turned out even more marvellous than I am now.

The family is the essential presence, the thing that never leaves you, even if you find you have to leave it.

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.

A child's smile reminds us that the greatest privilege in life is to know, help & enjoy the company of others

My father worked in a bank while my mother looked after my four brothers and me, the only girl in our family.

As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

The path which we believe in is the path of love; it has all the goodness of God in it-calmness and kindness.

One would be in less danger From the wiles of the stranger If one's own kin and kith Were more fun to be with.

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

I've got two older sisters who I'm very close to. And my son's grown up with a big sense of family around him.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.

You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.

One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.

The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.

You know you're getting old when kids start to dress like you used to and movies are made about your teen life.

Momma tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied, and that leaves only me to blame, cause Momma tried.

we all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.

It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.

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