Quotes about Family
Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.
- Harry S. Truman
All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.
- Malcolm X
Third world nations are producing too many children too fast...it is time to ignore the controversy over family planning and cut out-of-control population growth.
- Al Gore
Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Working full-time should mean enough to support a family.
- Barack Obama
At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good Spirit, the children will have the bad spirit but a short time.
- Brigham Young
It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed.
- Charles Dickens
Time spent with your children is time wisely spent.
- Mark Twain
A father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person.
- Rick Warren
If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.
- Stephen Colbert
I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.
- Will Smith
Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married. And I heard myself say: "That's the way the post-war movie goes.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.