- Nobody
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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
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had done a lot of indie movies before I realized that acting could be a way for me to get my family out of poverty. It was at that point that I decided to take acting seriously.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in Canada, the opportunities were huge. For every place I went to, I dreamt of bringing my family, too. When I ate at restaurants, I wished I could let my family experience the food I ate, too.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think balancing work and family takes constant adjustment. Its not something you can say you've accomplished and move on.
- Extraordinary
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about working on a Ryan Murphy TV show is that he has such an extraordinary collective of artists, so everyone is really like a family.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite room in the house is the living room. We have two big couches, six recliners and over 20 pillows. It's a really comfortable place to hang out with my family.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The moments that matter most are with your family, your friends. They are the realest moments.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's all I'm programmed for: to keep pushing and to try to make the most of my career and my life, to take care of my family.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
So often, our sporting allegiances are shaped by family tradition, passed down like heirlooms.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having lost both my parents as a teenager, family is so important to me, and I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. I have four children, and they all became lawyers - as I was myself before I got into music.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020