Uncles Quotes

392 Uncles quotes by 309 unique authors

I remember how my Great Uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out… — Jack Handey
I remember we were all horrified to see Grandpa up on the roof with his Superman cape on. "Get down!" yelled Uncle Lou. "Don't move!"… — Jack Handey
By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in… — Spencer Bachus
I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see… — Patrick Marber
How extraordinary was my life an incident may illustrate... [As a youth] I was fascinated by a description of Niagara Falls. I had perused, and… — Nikola Tesla
Oooh, if you have never been to Alaska, go there while it is still wild. My favorite uncle asked me if I wanted to go… — Bob Ross
Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle. — Alvah Bessie
When I did comedy I made fun of myself.If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, 'Gee,… — Sid Caesar
I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really… — Catherine Bell
She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot… — Louise Fletcher
Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a… — Nicholas Samstag
I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. — Robert Cormier
My working poor parents told me that I could do better. They taught me that I was as good as anybody else. And it never… — Mike Huckabee
Where is home? I've wondered where home is, and I realized, it's not Mars or someplace like that, it's Indianapolis when I was nine years… — Kurt Vonnegut
My grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister and my… — Saina Nehwal
I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that… — Natalie MacMaster
My uncle Buddy MacMaster is one of the greatest fiddlers Cape Breton has ever produced, and we've produced a lot of them! His fellow fiddlers… — Natalie MacMaster
When I read the pilot for Married with Children, it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. Hed come… — Ed O'Neill
God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons. — Humphrey Lyttelton
...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to end all wars,… — Smedley Butler
...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits. — Smedley Butler
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
Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam. — Richard Miller
For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David… — Dominic Chianese

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