- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family Quotes
On heritage, closeness and the pull of family.
These quotes touch on family in different forms: a sports club described as having a family feel, and personal reflections on growing up within a close, sometimes insular, family circle. For devotional lines on family, see our Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carole King is one of my dearest friends. We're like family.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a much happier 27-year-old than I was at 20 years old. I am so fortunate because I have an amazing family, amazing friends and a great support system.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family fulfills me.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I'm living my fantasy. It's being with my family, preferably on a snowy afternoon with a fire going, cuddled up in blankets, playing a game.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in the ministry for some time. All my family is immersed in a black church in Memphis.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think my family sees me playing a pastor on TV and thinks that's a way of saying I have the calling, too.
- Hard Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
They tell you in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. That is not true. Get a family. This is a hard place to be.
- Kingdom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them into situations where some of them are going to get killed... but it would be worse watching someone well-meaning but incompetent or untrained double those deaths.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paul Haggis, who's now a big movie guy, cast me as a lawyer in 'Family Law.' When that series ended, I thought that I would be going on more auditions and booking more jobs, but everything just came to a screeching halt.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a little bit of acting - some guest spots here and there. I got a job working as a therapist doing individual and group crisis intervention and family therapy. I did that for two years. I left to do 'Boston Legal.' So my psychology career has been interwoven into my acting career, and it's my safety net and fallback.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020