Generations Past And Present

Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. - Unknown

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - William Durant

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

A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. - Cicero

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

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. - Rodney Dangerfield

The two things children wear out are clothes and parents. - Unknown

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

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

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

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

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg

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

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

To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world. - Unknown

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head. - Martin Mull

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

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

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

We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children. - Unknown

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

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

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

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

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave
when they think that their children are naive. - Ogden Nash

Snaccident: Eating an entire pizza, box of chocolates, or family size bag of chips by mistake - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

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

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. - Haim Ginott

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. - Alex Haley

The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. - Voltaire

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

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. - Helen Keller

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

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

We are all omnibuses in which our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them sticks his head out and embarrasses us. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life. - Stephen Covey

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