Families Quotes · Page 15

Like so many other families, we too have faced crises, difficulties, and heartbreak.

— Jim Bob Duggar

“But families don’t exist independent of their environment.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Happy or Unhappy, families are all mysterious.

— Gloria Steinem

Veterans and their families make immeasurable sacrifices to serve our nation.

— Tommy Tuberville

“A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.”

— Heinrich Böll

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

— Pat Conroy

It's something families could do together. They can be passed on from father to son, or father to daughter.

— Don Williams

In 'Move to Heaven,' my character tries to listen and find out stories about the deceased and convey them to their families.

— Lee Je-hoon

'Britain's Royal Families' became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is -…

— Alison Weir

“I have read stories of budget airlines stranding families and them having to pay $9,000 to get home!”

— Steven Magee

I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society.

— Elise M. Boulding

We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future.

— Christine Gregoire

In large families, it seems it is hardest to be either the first or the last child. That was certainly true in…

— Katharine Graham

With families, your priorities shift. You're not going to be like, 'Let's go out on tour year-round.' I have kids in school.…

— Drew Lachey

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been articulated any clearer: We need…

— Roy Blunt

Finally, I do not believe that we should punish American families who have worked diligently to provide for themselves and want to…

— Howard Coble

Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that…

— Bernice Weissbourd

I spent nearly two decades as a social worker and an educator with kids. So, my whole life has been about helping…

— Kyrsten Sinema

It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the…

— Gwen Moore

Income is now more concentrated in the hands of the rich. Those well-off households tend to save and invest higher proportions of…

— Annie Lowrey

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Because everyone grows up together in my small hometown, everyone knows everyone else. And there are such large extended families that a…

— Jesmyn Ward

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

— Michael Learned

I think people are always going to be fascinated about the haves and have nots - about the divide between the servants…

— Neil Jackson

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

— Richard Rogers

I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight…

— Barbara Mikulski

The theory in great families was 'why work if you don't have to.' Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

— Jacqueline de Ribes

The amount of times I've been told something by artists I'm working with, which I'm sure they haven't told even their significant…

— Finneas

It's ridiculous that people aren't allowed to love who they love, have families, and have the same life as straight people. It's…

— Janina Gavankar

As more and more families decide to build their future in Connecticut, it's vital we invest in housing.

— Ned Lamont

“Danger presented itself, every girl knew, from within the family. But we were no one, nothing without our families.”

— Anton DiSclafani

Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Were all men separated from their children and wives by an invisible ribbon of cluelessness?”

— Gary Shteyngart

My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.

— Abraham Lincoln

Try to understand that behind every headline, there are individuals, families, and communities.

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

I grew up in Wakefield, Mass., and there were only a couple of Jewish families in the town.

— Israel Horovitz

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

There's something stubborn about families, unhappy ones in particular: they outlive themselves, and then they live on.

— Daphne Merkin

You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney! But…

— Sarah Hyland

When I travel throughout the district speaking with families and educators, I frequently hear of concerns with our K-12 education system.

— Elise Stefanik