Holding His Own Portraits

Friends are the family you choose. - Jennifer Aniston

Something bad has befelt the family. - Archie Bunker

He flourishes with hereditary honors. - Latin Proverb

A happy family is but an earlier heaven. - Sir John Bowring

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - William Durant

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

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. - Voltaire

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

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. - WC Fields

I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family. - Selena Gomez

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. - Doris Day

Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are. - John G. Pollard

People should find happiness in the little things, like family. - Amanda Bynes

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

Misers aren't fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors. - Unknown

You can't choose your ancestors, and neither can your descendants. - Unknown

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

The meek may inherit the earth, but it's the grumpy who get promoted. - Father Mulcahy

The meek shall inherit the world, but they'll never increase market share. - William G McGowan

Those who inherit fortunes are often more troublesome than those who make them. - African Saying

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. - Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. - Daniel J. Boorstin

We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment. - Bill Keane

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

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

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

Family, religion, friendship... these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. - Mr. Burns

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

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. - Richard P Feynman

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

Life's golden age is when the children are too old to need babysitters and too young to borrow the family car. - Unknown

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

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy. - Nicolas Cage

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. - Bertrand Russell

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion, and a lot of laughter. That's really what fills my tank. - Anna Eshoo

With the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital. - Stephen Covey

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy. - Marie Curie

If you think that nobility consists of having sixteen ancestors rather than merit, great Prince, then you may - and you may also praise or condemn me. - Franz Grillparzer