Generations Past And Present

Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - William Durant

My parents put a live teddy bear in my crib. - Woody Allen

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. - Aristotle

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. - Erma Bombeck

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. - Miguel de Unamuno

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

I know love at first sight can work. It happened to my parents. - George Clooney

Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success. - Zig Ziglar

Family means putting your arms around each other and being there. - Barbara Bush

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. - Dick Cavett

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

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. - Mother Teresa

Insomnia: a contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents. - Shannon Fife

Have children while your parents are still young enough to take care of them. - Rita Rudner

If we stand tall, it's because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors. - Unknown

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. - Dave Barry

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

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. - Daniel Webster

The family you came from isn't as important as the family you're going to have. - Ring Lardner

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

Genetic Engineering: A recent attempt to formalize what farmers have been doing all along. - Unknown

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. - William Glasser

I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married. - Lewis Grizzard

There's a lot of baggage that comes along with our family, but it's Louis Vuitton baggage. - Kim Kardashian

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

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

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. - Gail L. Buckley

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

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. - Phil Donahue

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

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

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. - Jane Howard

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

We split from our common ancestor with the octopus half a billion years ago. And yet, you can make friends with an octopus. - Sy Montgomery

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. - Leo Tolstoy

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

What ya eat ain't got nuttin' to do with how old ya are. That all depends on your ancestors. It's what they call a matter of heresy. - Archie Bunker

Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, "Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?" - Alan Alda