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Family Quotes by Mark Twain
- My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.
- Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives & obscene stories.
- If men bore children, there would only be one born in each family.
- Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.
- Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.
- The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
- I can live for two months on a good compliment.
- It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
- When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…
- It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and…
- I am technically "boss" of the family which I am carrying along-but I am grateful to know that it is only technically - that the…
- Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives and obscene stories
- When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…
More Family Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to… — Gerard Arpey
- I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon
- How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius