“Watching Joel sip his iced tea and listen to stories of my childhood, the ones my mom told at all of the… — Shawn Kirsten Maravel Copy Share Image
“So at family gatherings… I try to stick to the acceptable script. Indeed, I discover that the less I say, the happier… — Kiera Van Gelder Copy Share Image
No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now the ultimate… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It's the most annoying question and they just can't help asking you. You'll be asked it at family gatherings, weddings, and on… — Liz Tuccillo Copy Share Image
Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn't eat that well. Everything was home-made… — Ella Woodward Copy Share Image
I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings. — Akhil Akkineni Copy Share Image
“She … uh … suffers from low blood sugar. It turns her into a slightly demonic nympho. Awkward as it is here,… — Stacey Rourke Copy Share Image
I don't know what's my first real memory. When you're little, you're always looking forward to days that are special, like Christmas,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The gym of life has a free membership. Build powerful life-muscles through family gatherings from hell. Do you really want to be… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's… — Barbara Taylor Bradford Copy Share Image
Planning complex, beautiful meals and investing one's heart and time in their preparation is the opposite of self-indulgence. Kitchen-based family gatherings are… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
“Family gatherings were... um, let's see, what's the word I'm looking for?... Hell. They were hell. Being the middle child, I served… — Kristan Higgins Copy Share Image
I come from a performing family. My parents are Nigerian, and their parents and their parents - and it's all about performance… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
All the family gatherings, I'm too tired, or I can't because it conflicts with work... I have seven grandkids. I've been missing… — Damon Wayans Copy Share Image
The first time I realised that generation X, my crowd, had fully became Uncle or Auntie Disgusting at family gatherings came as… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
“I had hardly ever seen Great Granny Webster at that time, and yet her feelings interested me. She was little more to… — Caroline Blackwood Copy Share Image
“political experiment struck me as bizarre when I was younger, but I have grown to appreciate the wisdom in it, too—the wisdom… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
“To my mom for being the best role model, consistently instilling the priorities and values of what is truly important about Christmas—not… — Nancy Naigle Copy Share Image
“At family gatherings in the United States, two off-limit subjects are almost always put together in the same phrase: no religion or… — Bryanna Plog Copy Share Image
“Groups have a center of gravity. Families, friends, churches, offices, and schools all have a dominant consciousness, a center of gravity, a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp.… — Doug Davidson Copy Share Image
