Family Ties

Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown

Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers. - Thomas Jefferson

Patience is a vital trait of the great athlete. - Unknown

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

Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. - Mitch Albom

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

Besmooch the family name in the eyes of the community. - Archie Bunker

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. - Etheridge Knight

I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father. - Greg Norman

Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up. - Bible

Remember as far as anyone knows, we're a nice normal family. - Homer Simpson

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. - Anthony Brandt

The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard. - Robin Williams

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. - Sidney Altman

People do not buy goods and services. They buy relations, stories and magic. - Seth Godin

Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations. - Freya Stark

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

Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time. - Grant Cardone

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. - Laurence J Peter

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. - Unknown

Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one. - Howard K. Nixon

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. - Lane Olinghouse

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. - Anita Baker

I don't know who my grandfather was, I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. - Abraham Lincoln

Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer. - Bobby Flay

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

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato - the best part of him is underground. - Henry Cooper

Mothers are like glue, Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together. - Susan Gale

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

My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness. - Evangeline Lilly

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

Hello. I don't believe we have been introduced. R2-D2? A pleasure to meet you. I am C-3PO, Human-Cyborg Relations. - C-3PO

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary: when her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief. - Oscar Wilde

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. - Joseph Addison

Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. - Martha Stewart

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. - Samuel Johnson

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing. - Tim Allen

Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. - Antonin Scalia

Our ancestors believed in magic, prayers, trickery, browbeating and bullying. I think it would be fair to sum that up as 'Irish politics'. - Flann O'Brien