I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I came from a dysfunctional family - very dysfunctional. And my father used to find great humor in throwing me down the… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
I came from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family, full of abuse and alcoholism. And eventually everyone within the family had committed suicide. — Story Musgrave Copy Share Image
I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed. — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
If I grew up with a dysfunctional family, I would eventually start a book club. — Martha MacIsaac Copy Share Image
“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.” — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
You know, coming from a broken dysfunctional family, you know, it's something that I always aspired to be - a good husband… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
My childhood had much clarity. I didn't see abuse. I didn't see my parents bickering. I didn't live in a dysfunctional family. — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I love my 'Survivor's Remorse' cast. They are so funny and crazy, like a big dysfunctional family. It's so much fun, and… — Teyonah Parris Copy Share Image
“In general, the more dysfunctional the family the more inappropriate their response to disclosure. Never expect a sane response from an insane… — Renee Fredrickson Copy Share Image
If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, then there is really no hope for you to have a good relationship. That… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I grew up in Louisiana, and I grew up with a dysfunctional family with some very serious abuse from my stepfather, who… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
“With gratitude, I have become a healing balm to thousands of people, if not more, who have suffered child abuse, sibling abuse,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether you have the happiest upbringing... the young Joe Scot had the most dysfunctional family there could be but… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
“The dysfunctional family relationships are disastrous. Poisonous. There can't be reconciliation. We cannot restore a destructive relationship with abusive siblings when they… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial. The denial forces members to keep believing the myths and vital lies in… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
In the "Absolutely Fabulous" show, it's a fairly dysfunctional family, but they're not women who are constantly in search of a man.… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“THE NO CONTACT RULE: 1. Zero contact; face to face & online. 2. No phone calls. 3. No text messaging. 4. No… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
When I was ten, my family moved to Downer's Grove, Illinois. When I was twelve, I found them. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
My dark comic edge is the end result of trying to use humor to maintain my sanity growing up in a dysfunctional… — Kirby Wright Copy Share Image
“You know it’s a dysfunctional family,” said Riker, “when the one you like the best is a mass murderer.” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.” — Donna K. Childree Copy Share Image
“Families living in dysfunction seldom have healthy boundaries. Dysfunctional families have trouble knowing where they stop and others begin.” — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family. — Star Jones Copy Share Image
“All of us sit at the table, like a family—a dysfunctional one, but a family nonetheless.” — Suzanne Young Copy Share Image
'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family. — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with some one long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forced to stay together. — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
The people of the Balkans are like a dysfunctional family. We may fight and argue, but in the end we are family. — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
