Familial Bond Quotes

I love, love, love my grandparents.

One smell of brimstone makes the whole world kin.

People are loving me because they don't even know me. "You're Bob's son. We love you." So I think that's a good thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.

I miss my family all the time.

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

The first thing I look forward to when I am in Delhi is to spend some time with my family. It's always lovely coming back here and playing in front of my own people. It's just a special place.

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

For me, family feels like a web of love and care, and instinctively, too, I do just like nurturing things.

My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother's, are one of my life's treasures.

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

I'm very comfortable, of course, just with my family.

I learned early on that just because you come from the same blood as someone doesn't mean they are family.

A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

I decide on the films I want to do. Sometimes I ask my father for advice, but he never forces me. He is like a friend to me. My father has been my biggest strength when it comes to cinema.

To this day, I adore classical music, and I'm very interested in opera, which I found out later my father was also extremely fond of.

Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers.

Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.

When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason I am a singer. He was my best friend growing up.

One day we'll wake up and discover we are family.

My family and friends treat me as they always have.

My rule is, whatever you were calling me four years ago is what you should be calling me now, because I don't like it when my family or close friends call me Nicki Minaj. To me I'm not Nicki Minaj when I'm with them.

When you're making a film, you become incredibly close. It's not like you're filing away papers all day. You're creating with human emotions, so you do become very connected, so it is familial and romantic.

My dad is my dad. I love him, and I realize that he's as famous as he is. Of course, I don't look at him like everybody else does. Because I know his little faults, I know his weaknesses. Nobody's perfect. But he's my dad. Just like your dad is to you.

My dad was the one who took me to concerts and introduced me to new artists. One time, he drove me from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., on a school night to see 'U2' - he was a pretty dedicated Bono fan.