To win the X Factor would mean the world to me and my family. I'd buy mum and dad a house and then I think I would buy myself a car and have a little shopping trip.
Leona LewisI am a real family person, and I believe that the first and foremost thing in anyone's life should be the family, and we should make that a priority for everyone.
Kim FieldsA family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.
Susan SontagThe intense build-up to the World Cup means more time away from my family. That is something I'd like to avoid. I have found during my two years as coach that the position is more than a job. That has meant I have spent long periods away from my family. [on resigning as Wales coach]
Mike RuddockWomen's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that withers away Marx will have come true willy-nilly, so let's get on with it.
Germaine GreerI am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.
Louis FarrakhanI will not be commenting further at this time and would now ask for some space and personal privacy for me and my family
Mark OatenEven good things can hurt you if you do them to the point of neglecting family, friends, or other interests.
June WilkinsonNixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
Barry GoldwaterA loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed.
Jim BunningThe pink sheep of the family [on himself]
Alexander McQueenI can only take Mike Ruddock at his word that he left for family reasons as I haven't had chance to talk to him yet, but I can fully understand those stresses.
Scott JohnsonI was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!
Eva GaborThe family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.
Francis PicabiaYou don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Desmond TutuA genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go
Jean DubuffetThis is a family show, guys.
Debbie KingI'd love to have been born into a wealthy family. I might have turned out even more marvellous than I am now...
John LydonThe family that prays together stays together
Al ScalponeEnough of good there is in the lowest estate to sweeten life; enough of evil in the highest to check presumption; enough there is of both in all estates, to bind us in compassionate brotherhood, to teach us impressively that we are of one dying and one immortal family
Henry GilesRemember as far as anyone knows, we're a nice normal family.
Homer Simpson'I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God... I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.'
Elvis PresleyAll happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
Leo TolstoyI learned early on that family, as far as my mother and father, were not an option.
Drew BarrymoreThis is a fantastic day for me and my family, this is historic. I have been ready for the win for quite some time, it was just a matter of where and when.
Lewis HamiltonI believe that more unhappiness comes from this source than from any other - I mean from the attempt to prolong family connections unduly and to make people hang together artificially who would never naturally do so.
Samuel ButlerMy family are really happy here at Liverpool and I am prepared to have my daughter with a Scouse accent, even though it is sometimes a problem for me!
Rafael BenitezFar from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.
Sir Edmund LeachAlas, how strong a family likeness runs
Edwin Abbott AbbottBritney's really supportive of what I'm doing. It's going to be tough because I'm not going to see my family as much as I want to, but I mean, those are the sacrifices you make as an artist.
Kevin FederlineIt hasn't been the Ferreira's fault - all we can do is do the best with the scripts we've been given. [on the family being written out of the show]
Raji JamesI am not of French extraction. Nor are my origins German. My father's forbears came from Northern Ireland, and my mother's family was Scottish.
Paul GettyFor someone who's grown up in a sports-mad family and a bit of an Olympic junkie, I can't think of a better way to get fit. [on C4 show The Games]
Anna WalkerFamily, nature and health all go together.
Olivia Newton-JohnFamily makes me feel there's a reason I'm alive... I'm feeling my life, which I didn't always do partly because I'd be drunk a lot.
Sean PennIf I had to choose between wealth and a united family, I would 1,000 per cent have preferred my parents to stay together.
Minnie DriverThrough everything when you have these experiences in life it is important to remember the simple fact that family is always the main thing and most important part of your life.
Ekaterina GordeevaWhen you become heavyweight champion, something comes between you and other people, even your family. Everybody stands back a little, not because of anything you do but because of what you are.
Rocky MarcianoI feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30]
Robbie Savage'My family is just beyond out-of-control excited.' - Winning the Golden Globe
Jennifer GarnerI was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.
Michelle PfeifferWe have employment assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues
Hannah MoreA genealogist is one who traces your family back as far as your money will go
AnonymousItalians come to ruin most generally in three ways: women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
Pope John XXIIIHe and his family now need to have their personal privacy respected [on the Mark Oaten scandal]
Andrew StunellHe will never be dull to strangers who joins in sport with his own family.
Titus Maccius PlautusWhen his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.
Stephen KingI grew up sort of like a princess. I know that sounds awful, but I was the baby of the family. I had older brothers, so the little girl always gets everything she wants. As I've gotten older, I've realized that if you want something bad enough, you can have it. I've never gone after something I didn't get. Not yet.
Rachel BilsonMy family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.
Jose MourinhoI'm an emotional person. I really put my heart and soul into it. I felt I'd let Anton and my family down.
Jan Ravens
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