I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich. – Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” M*A*S*H
Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life! – Albert Einstein
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Johann Schiller
The family is a haven in a heartless world. – Attributed to Christopher Lasch
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation. – Margaret Mead
Families are like fudge — mostly sweet with a few nuts. – Author Unknown
The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
If you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve never been to a family reunion. – Ashleigh Brilliant
We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. – Shirley Abbott
Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. – Evan Esar
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. – Ogden Nash
When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. – Joyce Brothers
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. – Margaret Laurence
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond Tutu
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. – Spanish Proverb
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson, 1813
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. – Barbara Bush
When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. – George Bernard Shaw
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
In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
