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There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

There comes a time when a man and woman realize that their separate schemes can be better achieved as a conspiracy.

The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith... are the belated objectives of practically all effective psychotherapy. The fact is, that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respectable people have escaped from these moral chains and are able to observe and think freely.

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.

There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.

there is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.

There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.

There is health in table talk and nursery play. We must wear old shoes and have aunts and cousins.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

There is nothing you can't achieve if you help other people get what they want

There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular manifestations of them, are repeated from generation to generation.

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

There's no way that moving in with your parents is a sign that your life is on track.

There's nothing more life-changing than fatherhood.

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

There's nothing like having grandchildren to restore your faith in humanity.

The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour

There's something stubborn about families, unhappy ones in particular: they outlive themselves, and then they live on.

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually every society into which historians or anthropologists have inquired, one finds people living together on the basis of kinship ties and having responsibility for raising children. . . . Even in societies where men and women have relatively unrestricted sexual access to one another beginning at an early age, marriage is still the basis for family formation. It is desired by the partners and expected by society.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

The secret of a happy home is that members of the family learn to give and receive love.

The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization

The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

The state does not demand justice of its members, but thinks that it succeeds very well with the least degree of it, hardly more than rogues practice; and so do the neighborhood and the family. What is commonly called Friendship even is only a little more honor among rogues.

The subject matter that I am really spending my time on has become an acceptable subject matter. Living, lifestyle, family, is now in the forefront of interest in America, and I've just stuck with it. I mean, I've been doing this for years, and I never got angry. I never said, you know, listen, I'm fighting for this subject. That wasn't my point. My point was to continue working in a subject matter, knowing full well that finally it would be recognized as a viable subject once again.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.

the task of each family is also the task of all humanity. This is to cherish the living, remember those who have gone before, and prepare for those who are not yet born.

The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.

The three salient features of love are: Where there is love, there is no question. Where there is love, there is no pain. Where there is love, there is nothing impossible.

The touchstone for family life is still the legendary 'and so they were married and lived happily ever after.' It is no wonder that any family falls short of this ideal.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

The unit of every country is the family and the strength of the country is based on the smiles of the children and songs of the adults.