- desmond tutu
families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts.
- author unknown
bringing up a family should be an adventure, not an anxious discipline in
which everybody is constantly graded for performance.
milton r. saperstein
when you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
- joyce brothers
the happiest moments of my life have been the few which i have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
- thomas jefferson
to us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
- barbara bush
the only rock i know that stays steady, the only institution i know that works is the family.
- lee iacocca
the family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
- ring lardner
the family is one of nature's masterpieces.
- george santayana
other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.
- anthony brandt
in family life, love is the oil that eases friction,
the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.
- eva burrows
in every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
- alex haley
in each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its hope and despair.
- author unknown
important families are like potatoes. the best parts are underground.
- francis bacon
i think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are.
sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.
- trey parker
i know why families were created with all their imperfections.
they humanize you. they are made to make you forget yourself occasionally,
so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.
- anais nin
home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to
limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others.
- author unknown
happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
- author unknown
family is just accident.... they don't mean to get on your nerves.
they don't even mean to be your family, they just are.
- marsha norman
family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us,
we see the past, present, and future.
- gail lumet buckley
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
families are the compass that guide us.
they are the inspiration to reach great heights,
and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
-brad henry
call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family:
whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
- jane howard
at the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.
- mark v. olsen and will sheffer
a man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
- george moore
a family is a unit composed not only of children but of men,
women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
- ogden nash
a happy family is but an earlier heaven.
- john bowring
fam[ily]
when the world walks out, your family walks in
- author unknown
just remember...crazy runs in my family.
- author unknown
it was nice growing up with someone like you -
someone to lean on, someone to count on .... someone to tell on!
- author unknown
you don't choose your family.
they are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
- author unknown