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Large Family Quotes

If George Apley failed to meet certain challenges, let us admit that we all have failed in some respects, and let us remember that we stand together peculiarly as one large family. Collectively, in habits and ideals, our group is a family group where kinship, however distant, stretches into the oddest corners. John Phillips Marquand
I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid. Sophia Bush
In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between "superior" and "inferior" to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity. Benjamin Hoff
There have been times," Father Mark admitted, "when I feared that God would turn out to be like my maternal grandmother [...] Ours was a large family, and every Christmas my grandmother gave gifts of cash in varying amounts, claiming she was rewarding her grandchildren according to how much they loved her. She swore she could look right into our hearts and know. One child would get a crisp fifty-dollar bill, the next a crumpled single. No two gifts were ever in the same amount."Miles nodded.... Richard Russo
We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our little hurts will be made much of - to be content with little nurture and caressing, and help each other the more. George Eliot
Men never fail to dwell on maternity as a disqualification for the possession of many civil and political rights. Suggest the idea of women having a voice in making laws and administering the Government in the halls of legislation, in Congress, or the British Parliament, and men will declaim at once on the disabilities of maternity in a sneering contemptuous way, as if the office of motherhood was undignified and did not comport with the highest public offices in church and state. It is vain... Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lewis Grizzard quote: "I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I..."
I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married. Lewis Grizzard
I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population. Oliver Goldsmith
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. Benjamin Franklin
Sarah Jessica Parker quote: "I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a..."
I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful. Sarah Jessica Parker
Anne Hathaway quote: "I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit,..."
I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children. Anne Hathaway
Anne Northup quote: "A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers..."
A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money. Anne Northup
Benjamin Bratt quote: "I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that..."
I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I'm going to have more kids. Benjamin Bratt
I was from such a large family that when I first met my wife, I told her: 'You can go work outside of the house and I'll stay home and continue making my cartoon strips. Maybe I'll make some commercials nearby, you know I'll do anything locally, but I would love to just stay at home and raise the kids like I did when I was growing up.' Robert Rodriguez
Martha Reeves quote: "A large family makes you accept sharing your parents."
A large family makes you accept sharing your parents. Martha Reeves

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