Uncle Quotes
416 quotes by 326 authors
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[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z.
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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I am further back, surrounded on all sides by wailing men, their faces shiny with tears. Uncle Al promised three dollars and a bottle of…
— Sara Gruen
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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the…
— Fiona Shaw
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Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate.
— Stephanie McMahon
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My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and…
— Mike Shinoda
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Put yourself in Hamlet's shoes. Suppose you were a prince, and you came back from college to discover that your uncle had murdered your father…
— Art Buchwald
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My favorite lie was the online rumor that Bruce Willis was my uncle. That's hilarious.
— Kreayshawn
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I am in competition only with my father and my uncle (Mukesh Bhatt) because they taught me what I know today. I only believe in…
— Pooja Bhatt
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I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I…
— Nate Ruess
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I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of…
— Walker Percy
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And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away…
— Stephen King
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The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated…
— Margaret Mead
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
— Pat Conroy
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I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish…
— Gunter Grass
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Theatre people, who are an adaptive species, know that to remain sane in the process of production where everyone and his uncle has an opinion…
— John Lahr
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As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick…
— Dean Norris
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Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself.
— Bob Dylan
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I first went to the Chubut valley, the colony that runs about 800km across the width of Argentina, in 2000. My uncle had been there…
— Matthew Rhys
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There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was…
— Peter S. Beagle
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I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call…
— David Walliams
Who Wrote These Uncle Quotes
326 authors contributed a total of 416 Uncle Quotes, led by these top contributors: