Quotes of: Family-ties Keyword

I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.

Guy Gavriel Kay

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

Guy Lafleur

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.

George Orwell

My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.

Gail Porter

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

George Bernard Shaw

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

Gloria Swanson

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

Gwen Stefani

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.

Harry Connick, Jr.

If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.

Heber J. Grant

Generally, I do not talk about people - family or friends. This is how I am.

Hasnat Khan

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.

Hugh Leonard

No one in my family is in entertainment. They thought acting was a fun hobby, and when I got a degree, I'd settle down.

Hannah Murray

Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child.

Helen Mirren

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.

Hilary Swank

My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.

Harley Viera-Newton

It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible.

Josef Albers

I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard.

Joe Bastianich

Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently.

Joe Bastianich

We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved.

Julia Barr

When you are in the family... you have more rights than when you are asking to join and knocking on the door.

Jacques Chirac

There is no winner or loser - just one family, the U.M.P. The time for internal squabbles is behind us.

Jean-Francois Cope