- Jealous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brother Quotes
On brothers, mentorship, and family loyalty.
Some of these quotes are about literal brothers and the private fears or gratitude that come with that bond; others use 'brother' more loosely, for a mentor or a fellow actor's catchphrase about faith. Looking for something shareable? Try Status.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother and late sister and I were raised in Detroit; it was where the middle class across racial lines, the middle class was able to develop, build a home, have for the first time retirement benefits, have a job, and yes, their kids began to go to college.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been coming to New York, pretty much once a month, to dance on Broadway. I was offered a huge Broadway show but couldn't do it because my brother was having his huge Bar Mitzvah.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm such a fan of Daniel Waters, who wrote the script, and also Mark Waters, his brother, who directed. 'Vampire Academy' has, I think, an iconic director.
- Little Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No, it's not happening.'
- Big Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister married an American and took his name, and my brother has shortened Sayrafiezadeh to Sayraf. So now he's Jacob Sayraf, or sometimes Jake Sayraf. He made the change when he was a teenager, prior to the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. So I don't think it was motivated by any anti-Iranian sentiment in the United States.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was at my house, and me, and my brother, and my sister were kind of just playing around. And I was like, 'I wonder if I can twist this apple and rip it apart?' So I was playing around, and I did it, and I was like, 'Wow, that kind of takes a firm grip.'
- Dreamer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter on 'Big Brother' how big you are, anyone can dominate the series.
- Briefing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things like 'I'm A Celebrity,' when they're going to a trial, they might reset the camera for a bit or give a briefing that's not on camera. But 'Big Brother,' you see everything.
- Nov 07, 2020
You get some really unlikely friendships on 'Big Brother' and that's one of the joys of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?
- Doing The Right Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020