Family Imperfection Quotes

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

Younger kids, they understand that things aren't so perfect with their father or with their mother.

I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families.

Our life may look glamorous, but we scream at the kids, and I have to tell Jamie to tidy up if we have guests coming over.

My grandma spelled my name wrong until she died. Like literally, birthday cards, mail, everything.

My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.

As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to do the best they can.

Ever since the Christmas of 1953, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving-Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who's not home.

We're in an era where they've sanitized home life in movies to such a degree that there is a certain home life that might be true if you have two perfect parents, and a nanny, and a couple babysitters, and support, and lots of money, and there's no strain at home, or whatever. But for most people, there's strain, you know? There's a lot of pressure, things can't be perfect, parents can't be perfect all the time. There's a divorce, there's money issues, whatever. People work, so you don't always have these vast reserves of patience every time your kid goes crazy.

There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are.