The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews. – Heinrich Heine
But when you lose a family member or something tragic happens, that stays with you forever. You never get over it. Knowing that you have to deal with that for the rest of your life… Football is important, but not as important as you once thought it was. – Brett Favre
We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities. – Barbra Streisand
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway. – B. B. King
I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now. – Jackie Chan
My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value – I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone. – Mike Honda
I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life. – Vivienne Westwood
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have. – Mark Cuban
People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me. – LaToya Jackson
Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd. – Clive Owen
AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started. – Ron Fournier
A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction. – Christopher Lasch
Everybody sung in my family. – Rod Stewart
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. – Francis Ford Coppola
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. – Anne Tyler
I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen. – Kristen Stewart
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. – Imelda Marcos
I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back. – Tim Roth
If you wish to spare yourself and your venerable family, give heed to my advice with the ear of intelligence. If you do not, you will see what God has willed. – Hulagu Khan