Gene Lifeguard

By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - William Durant

We are the people our parents warned us about. - Jimmy Buffett

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

There's nobody stronger than a single parent. - Unknown

Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love. - Unknown

There's no such thing as fun for the whole family. - Jerry Seinfeld

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

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. - Jesus Christ

Anybody can make history, only a great man can write it. - Oscar Wilde

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

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

The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. - John J. Plomp

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

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

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

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

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. - Oscar Wilde

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

My parents are very good examples of Christians. They are big on forgiveness. - James Acaster

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

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. - Thomas Paine

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children. - Dave Barry

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

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. - Kate Flannery

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

We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn ... betrays its ancestor. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

All dentists talk while they work. They have inherited this from their professional ancestors, the barbers. - Mark Twain

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

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

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

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

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