Families Quotes · Page 16

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.

— Valerie Simpson

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

— Tony Evans

Being on the road and doing events is like getting kids ready for school for most families.

— David Wolfe

Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities.

— Sharan Burrow

The one thing I believe is that families are off-limits. And I think my husband said it, and he was clear on…

— Michelle Obama

When working at Women's Aid, I met countless women whose families had not believed them when they spoke of their abuse at…

— Jess Phillips

Our families have fallen to pieces. 75 percent of all black children are born out of wedlock, without a father.

— Shelby Steele

Democrats like Congressman Elijah Cummings say they care about how migrants are treated at the border. What about the families and people…

— Jedediah Bila

Families want their child to get an education; families want safe access to healthcare; families want a roof over their head. When…

— Cameron Sinclair

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk…

— Michelle Obama

We can build a bipartisan consensus on protecting the life of unborn children, especially when they begin to feel pain in the…

— Glenn Youngkin

We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston,…

— Christie Hefner

In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly…

— Elizabeth Emken

Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as…

— Bruce Feiler

“...the state of perfection is an elusive goal; demanding something so obscure as almost unattainable and can become a compulsive, crazy making…

— David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough

We have a whole bunch of young people and a whole bunch of families. Are we going to disrupt these families and…

— Junot Diaz

Venezuela is supporting tens of thousands of poor families in the United States with heating oil.

— Hugo Chavez

When I was younger, I remember families like mine who had to deal with the disastrous policies of the 1970s.

— Andrew Scheer

We like to make the Marvel comics films because they're fun. Families can go see them together. They're entertaining. They aspire to…

— Djimon Hounsou

“Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”

— Amit Kalantri

We're all from very un-wealthy families, and we came together more naturally than most bands do.

— Luke Hemmings

Pretrial detentions of any length can have devastating consequences for a defendant and their families, and therefore should be imposed with great…

— Chris Sununu

There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.

— Clayton Christensen

I've had the chance to meet families with children who are sick, and it's heartbreaking.

— Cole Swindell

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids,…

— Tony Fadell

I know the families that I photograph extremely well and have known them for a very long time.

— Jock Sturges

We need to do more to support working families, like guarantee access to paid sick and parental leave and make sure every…

— Tom Perez

Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle.

— John Updike

The dynamics and structures found in those groups called families in our society may not be evident in those groups called families…

— R. D. Laing

We need to stop shortchanging our families and future in order to line the pockets of millionaires and special interests.

— Roy Cooper

This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into…

— Sherrod Brown

Our nation's veterans and their families deserve a VA that will provide the best care and benefits that they have rightly earned.

— Ben Ray Lujan

Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.

— Quentin Bryce

We have created a ministry of the family to work on fertility, nurseries, on a fiscal system which takes large families into…

— Matteo Salvini

My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and…

— Jeremy Hardy

“Family isn’t always who you’re born to. It’s who you’re with, who you love. Those families can be even stronger.”

— Sara Raasch

All families have disagreements, but good often comes of it if they are constructive discussions.

— Leonardo Bonucci

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives.

— Kenny Guinn

We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister…

— Chang-Rae Lee