Family Reunion

Friends are the family you choose. - Jennifer Aniston

People like to trace their ancestry. - Richard Dawkins

The family is one of nature's masterpieces. - George Santayana

Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children. - Sam Levenson

I would give everything if I could only keep my family. - Johnny Depp

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me. - Rodney Dangerfield

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent. - A.S. Neill

Work is the least important thing and family is the most important. - Jerry Seinfeld

If you want chicken soup, you've got to put a chicken in the pot. - Joe Segal

Family Tree: The only tree whose branches seek the shelter of its roots - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and radio. - Rodney Dangerfield

I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people. - Sonia Sanchez

Live so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

No Chinese Catholics are allowed to worship ancestors in their familial temples. - Pope Clement XI

I believe in moderation. I work on genealogy only on days that end in 'y'. - Richard Thiesen

My first advice on how not to grow old would be to choose your ancestors carefully. - Bertrand Russell

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu

It is a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. - Plutarch

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. - George Carlin

There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation. - Meryl Streep

Children aren't happy without something to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. - Ogden Nash

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. - Kin Hubbard

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. - Bertrand Russell

I've come to learn that the best time to debate family members is when they have good in their mouths. - Kenneth Cole

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. - Suze Orman

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. - Phyllis Diller

My parents have been visiting me for a few days. I just dropped them off at the airport. They leave tomorrow. - Margaret Smith

What is a family except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catchall drawer in the kitchen. - Joyce C Oates

I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. - Patrick Chan

As a family we couldn't decide whether to have Grandma buried or cremated, so in the end we decided to let her live. - Gary Delaney

The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams. - John Muir

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family. - Reed Markham

Children despise their parents until the age of forty, when they suddenly become just like them, thus preserving the system. - Quentin Crewe

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right path, the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. - Anne Frank

What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin. - Dave Attell

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground into sand. Mud. The whole cycle of life and death. - Martine Vermeulen

Historically the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. - Stephen Covey