The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown Something bad has befelt the family. - Archie Bunker My family tree could use some pruning. - Unknown Our ancestors ... were laborers, not lawyers. - Thomas Jefferson Take it from me, parents just don't understand. - Will Smith I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap. - Rodney Dangerfield Recognize, appreciate and repay your parents' love. - Cheng Yen Anybody can make history, only a great man can write it. - Oscar Wilde All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. - WC Fields When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. - Rodney Dangerfield Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. - Anthony Brandt I think the family was from Hungaria. (talking about Noah's Ark) - Archie Bunker To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world. - Unknown Misers aren't fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors. - Unknown Insomnia: a contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents. - Shannon Fife For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. - Sidney Altman Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush. - Florence King People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. - George Carlin Genetic Engineering: A recent attempt to formalize what farmers have been doing all along. - Unknown Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see you all day and now the day was complete. - Marcy DeMaree We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn ... betrays its ancestor. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. - Phyllis Diller 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 Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. - Oscar Wilde My parents have been visiting me for a few days. I just dropped them off at the airport. They leave tomorrow. - Margaret Smith What is a family except memories? Haphazard and precious as the contents of a catchall drawer in the kitchen. - Joyce C Oates In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. - Phil Donahue 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 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 greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended - and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. - Robert Frost In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. - Leo Tolstoy Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. - Mark Batterson I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. - Behati Prinsloo 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 Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, and hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kids' therapy. - Michelle Pfeiffer Historically the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. - Stephen Covey 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 see also Family, Relationship & School Sections Adaptive Roots Ancestry Rewind Babysitting Kids Chimera Genetics Family Fun Family Hands Family Picture Family Planning Advice Family Ties Family Tree Get Along Shirt Hands On Tree Mom Lookout Parent Delete Sister DNA The Van Gogh Family Tree Tom Lee Music Franchise Opportunities Walker Buddies |
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