My family was my guide to my reality.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.

In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be...

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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

I believe in the value of life. I believe we must prepare our children for tomorrow with the family values of my grandparents.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I...

When my brother called to inform me, on the morning of May 22, 2003, that our mother Caroline Oates had died suddenly of a stroke, it was a shock from which, in a way, I have yet to recover.

I am grateful every morning I wake up. I've a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other.

One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing...

I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because of who you are. They could be part of your family, or somebody on the street, or a...

I used to work at a school as a teacher's assistant, and my mom is a principal at an elementary school. I don't know, I think that's a pretty good life, teaching kids.

I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention...

My favorite holiday memory was sitting at home all day in my pajamas during winter break for school watching a bunch of old Christmas movies like 'Jack Frost' and 'Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer'...

My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm...

My father had a big brick cell phone, before anyone had a cell phone, because he was really just into that kind of thing - communication devices. I grew up between my father's laboratory and my...

My mom was really cool.

My mom is just someone who's easy to talk to and hang with. My sister, it's always cool to be able to help her out with things. My brother is fun when we're just joking and messing around. And my dad...

Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.

My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess.

It's a weird place to be in because my dreams in life have surpassed what I could have ever imagined. I just hope I can continue to write stand-up, but I would say my big dream is to build an amazing...

A child prodigy is one with highly imaginative parents.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.

Today while the titular head of the family may still be the father everyone knows that he is little more than chairman at most of the entertainment committee.

I'm not afraid of too many things and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

It is a wise child that knows his own father.