Family Quote by Padgett Powell

“What a lopsided stumpy mess people made of a family tree these days. The last thing any of them needed was some new little…

— Jean Thompson

“Most family trees have”

— Kimberly Powell

Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they usually do a good pruning job.

— Orlando Aloysius Battista

Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they already have done a good pruning job.

— Orlando Aloysius Battista

“My family tree has many branches, both living and dead... but all equally important. I cherish the memories that make its roots run deep.”

— Lynda I Fisher

There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.

— Carolyn Hax

“This afternoon I sat at my window and alternately wrote at my new serial and watched a couple of dear, amusing, youngish maple-trees at…

— L.M. Montgomery

“You can tell the idyllic nature of a family by the upkeep of its picnic table. Ours is its own indictment. We are splintering…

— Peter Hedges

“The day you appeared on our family tree, I wanted to cut it down.”

— Jamie McGuire

I've already brought enough shame on the family without halting the family tree.

— Alan Carr

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush.

— Florence King

Many a family tree needs trimming

— Kin Hubbard