Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

I have a beautiful family. I want to be here, for my family.

I know where my priorities stand, and it's with my wife and my kids. It's trying to be a loyal son and brother. Whether it's my sister asking for help during her challenges or my dad asking for help with his campaign, I try my best, knowing that my responsibilities are to my family.

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.

I always had a thing - just take care of family.

I personally don't think that blood ties should be something that signifies so much more than anything else. I understand perfectly when somebody leaves their family for good.

Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.

I've got to do what I've got to do, for me, my family and my kids.

I am my family. I love my family.

When all else fails, I am comforted by the fact that when I am ill or old, I will never be on my own. After all, you'd have to be a pretty terrible father if not one of your seven daughters was willing to take care of you at the end.

That was the one thing I had going for me. Taking care of your family.

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, 'One of these days I'm going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.' That's all I've ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

My family is the most important thing to me.

Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons.

My family are everything to me. They come first in everything I do.

Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children.

You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!

I love my family, I'll do anything for them.

For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.

I'm very much a family person.