Aunt Quotes
351 quotes by 274 authors
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I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a…
— Paul O'Grady
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I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than…
— Stephen Fry
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When my wife's Aunt Caroline was in her nineties, she lived with us, and she once remarked: 'Remembrance is sufficient of the beauty we have…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in…
— Jason Alexander
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My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.
— Dick Dale
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The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.
— William Shenstone
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Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there…
— Elliott Carter
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I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.
— Robin Tunney
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Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of…
— Donna Tartt
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The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do…
— Richard Land
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When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright…
— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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These are all elements, but the main thing we can do in the Middle East is encourage the reformist elements.
— Frank Carlucci
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Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and…
— Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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When I was growing up in East Germay, everyone said there was no God. So I started looking for it myself.
— Nina Hagen
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My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on…
— George Clooney
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The saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt or a sense of humor.
— Lindsey Davis
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Take a little walk down Know You Role Boulevard, hang that right on Jabroni Drive, and then proceed to check your Aunt Jemima no-pancake-havin' ass…
— Dwayne Johnson
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Spelling bees? Spelling bees do not scare me. I competed in the National Spelling Bee twice, thank you very much. My dad competed in the…
— Kristin Cashore
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My aunt used to say, slow and steady wins the race. She died in a fire.
— Unknown Author
Who Wrote These Aunt Quotes
274 authors contributed a total of 351 Aunt Quotes, led by these top contributors: