David Means Quotes

Everyone in my family still lives in Kalamazoo.

Deacon Jones grew up a street over from my grandfather, where I was raised.

I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s.

My mom still lives in Denver and some of my brothers are still in the area, so I still have strong ties there.

Both my mother's family and my father's family go back almost a hundred years in the district. I was born in the district, raised in the district, raised my family in the district. And so that's the way I see myself.

My mom was born in San Diego, around Vista. So we've always been California people.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

I talked about my family, my family's so important.

I was born and raised in L.A. My father was born and raised in L.A. So we're old hands here.

21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.

I'm not entirely sure why I write about family, but I do know that it hasn't stopped interesting me. You meet and leave other people at different stages of your evolution, whereas family is made up of people who are constant links in your life, who know you over the course of time and have your complete curriculum vitae in their heads.

Quite a lot of people wanted me to write about my family, I suppose for fairly obvious reasons, and there was always something that would stop me, I thought they were asking me for the wrong motives.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

I am from Los Angeles, and my parents are from Los Angeles.

Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.

There are secrets in families. That is the definition of a family.

Well, you know, my grandmother actually grew up, you know, her whole family, my mom's family outside of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

I got family in the U.K. on my dad's side of the family. My grandfather's brother moved to the U.K. from Jamaica. It's a pretty big family I'll have there.

I keep hearing from readers who say 'Hoax' helps them understand their own family a little bit better.

I have lived in south London all my life, and my family is here.

It's funny, you know, growing up, you are always introduced to people as your uncle this or your aunt that or your cousin this. By the time I was in my 20s, I had no idea who I actually was or wasn't related to. It's kind of a running joke in the family.

I think family businesses are still crucial for India's economy, but they need to professionalize. For young entrepreneurs, too, family should play a significant part.

I grew up in the Dallas Metroplex. But I spent a lot of time in Waco and then in small towns down there with my grandma and then in Killeen and in Riesel.

Maybe family is an eternal subject for me.