Family Quotes
“It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.”
More Family Quotes
“The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.”
-- Bertrand Russell
“Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.”
-- Ang Lee
“I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.”
-- Chris Martin
“I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.”
-- Whitney Houston
“My mother isolated herself from all family and friends for some 20 years. And never met her grandchild, my son.”
-- Laura Schlessinger
“When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.”
-- John Cheever