Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Family Quotes
ChildhoodFamilyHeritageImaginationStorytelling I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
ChildhoodFamilyFearGrowthHelplessness In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.
FamilyReligious Differences My mother was Catholic, my father was Protestant. There was always a debate going on at home - I think in those days we called them arguments - about who was right and who was wrong.
CompanionshipFamilyFriendshipRelationshipsSupport Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.
Family I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
EmpathyFamilySolidarity Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.
FamilyFearPolarizationSafety I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
CultureFamilyInfluenceMemoryMusic Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.
Family As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Family I've had a lot of people tell me they watched 'Old Dogs' with their kids and had a good time.
ChildhoodFamilyHobbiesMusicPersonal Growth Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.
Emotional StrugglesFamilyPersonal Challenges I have sister issues and parent issues and all sorts of things.
FamilyParentingServiceSociety Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
ConfidenceFamilyMotivationPrideSupport My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.
AcceptanceFamilyInclusivityUnderstanding I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
FamilyGratitudeLoveSupport I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.
AcceptanceFamilyHumorResilience If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
ChildhoodCorruptionEvilFamilyMorality Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have control of them. He seems to take possession of their young minds, and they are corrupted. Why do fathers and mothers act as though a lethargy was upon them? They do not mistrust that Satan is sowing evil seed in their families.
AuthenticityConnectionFamilyMusicUnity I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring people together that don't know each other and that would maybe feel awkward, but somehow be brought together by the music. That's what I wanted to do. Because that is pure and authentic to my family history and what I stand for.
BeautyFamilyHumilityValue It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
FamilyHumorIdentityMediaMusic Bowie is my dad's stage name, so I was never, ever called Zowie Bowie. The tabloids liked that because it rhymed.
