Top 1200 Siblings Sisters And Brothers Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Who made me laugh when I was growing was Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, and then moving on, there were so many that I was a writer for for many years: I was a writer for the Smothers Brothers, Lily Tomlin, then I started on 'Saturday Night Live' as the head writer the first year we started it.

I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing.

I'm the seventh child among eight siblings and have always had a gift for art.

If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away.

I lived in New York until I was eleven years old, when my mother left my two older sisters and my father. My mother is 90 percent blind and deaf. She left and moved all the way to California. So I left my two older sisters and my father behind at the age of eleven and moved cross-country to take care of her.

I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock.

I love spending time in England, whether it's for writing, producing, or seeing my parents and siblings.

All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.

I was the youngest of nine siblings... I lost my father when I was just 13. For me, the elders have been my gods.

I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to.

There are three major political organizations in this country: the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Koch Brothers Party. With billions to spend on campaigns. think tanks and 'educational' organizations, the Koch brothers are the most powerful. We must overturn Citizens United, move to public funding of elections and pass real tax reform.

I remember going to friends' houses and being fascinated when they got into fights with their siblings.

I was always observing my siblings and hearing stories about their lives that turned out to be helpful as an actress.

I'm the oldest of four, I have three siblings, and I think I kind of grew up aggravating and picking at them.

Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people.

One of the highlights of my career was playing first class rugby for my province, which was Wellington. Another highlight was playing first class rugby with my brothers. Not many brothers get to do that. I can't explain what it felt like to be out there, playing with them. It was a great feeling.

I had four siblings. We were hiking all the time. But camping? No. I don't like the idea of the creatures at night.

The movie where me and Leslie Jones play siblings will manifest at some point in time.

It's tough growing up where I grew up. My family is very small and really tight. Just being around the neighborhood, my brothers were always around. I didn't want to be in any trouble because I knew my mom or brothers would find out. I didn't want to hurt their feelings. I just tried to do everything right.

God loved us, and to prove it to us became human in order to become our brother in the flesh. He became poor, the poorest of the poor, in order to be able to include us all as his brothers (and sisters). He became a little child in order to be like children, even born, children from the slums. God has loved us and has given us all that he is and has. The Father gave the Son, the Son gave his very self, the Holy Spirit became our habitual sanctifier.... How grateful I should be to this kind Savior!

They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.

I wasn't allowed to use people's real names, such as my siblings and my children's father, but there's nothing fabricated or untrue in my autobiography.

I am from L.A., my siblings are from L.A., but both my parents are from Guatemala, and I have a lot of family members from Mexico.

I have six siblings but grew up an only child. I was adopted by my aunt and uncle.

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.

It's so odd because I don't even know if I'm cut out for it, but being a movie star guy, I sort of end up gravitating toward the Coen brothers. That's one of the reasons my wife and I moved to L.A.: that however much of a pipe dream that would be, I moved to L.A. because I'd love to work with the Coen brothers.

Sometimes siblings do not get along, so there is no guarantee that having another baby is good for the first one.

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. It is pure affection, and filled with reverance for the solitude of others. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.

Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes, good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.

Nicotine and alcohol embraced in my system like long-parted siblings, grateful to me for reuniting them.

The parallel we like to make.... is the idea of becoming the next Warner Brothers, which is a company that creates the content, but they also produce the content. They also distribute; they also market. So we say that because Fine Bros. and Warner Brothers is fun to say.

When you get a little bit older, you're always trying to do something different from your siblings.

There were no good schools in my village. So my family moved so that my siblings and I would get a better education.

I grew up with a menagerie of dogs, cats, gerbils - not to mention three younger siblings.

There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.

I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.

Jazz at Lincoln Center is something that is very necessary for the creative process. There's a couple of brothers running around New York, trying to buy up the cultural places, who shall remain nameless. Well, there's a lot of brothers - pick any two. Pin the tail on the... they want to buy up stuff and steer the country a certain way.

My parents have raised me and my three siblings to be aware of the privilege we have been afforded and the responsibility it brings.

I remember bossing my younger siblings around and making them put on shows and skits with me.

I'm really proud to be able to share the stage, not just with my siblings, but with incredible artists, probably the best in the industry.

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

My parents split before my fifth birthday, and I moved with Mom and my three siblings to her native Oahu.

After my film 'The Tale of Two Sisters,' I received a lot of offers from Hollywood to direct, but because 'A Tale of Two Sisters' was a horror film, I received a lot of horror films. But I wasn't interested in working in the same genre, and the scripts I received for films in different genres were for projects that were near completion.

I have two brothers, and one of them plays the guitar. I actually started playing the guitar because of him. Both of my brothers are 12 years older than me, so I thought they were really cool, and I just wanted to be really cool like them.

I have the distinction of being the only member of the Allman Brothers who has never missed a single show. I have played every single show the Allman Brothers have ever played.

Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can't separate them.

My dad was very much a Pan-Africanist and instilled in me and my siblings a want for that knowledge.

My siblings were pretty far apart in age, so I sort of grew up as an only child.

My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.

To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my small range, and every color in the tones of my voice, with every look into the eyes of my audience, to thank Him. Thank you, God, for letting me be born, for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind, all my brothers, all my sisters, for giving me ears to hear crying, legs to come running, hands to smooth damp hair, a voice to laugh with and to sing with...to sing to you and the daffodils.

I always saw myself as more of a watcher, although I suppose my siblings might have a different viewpoint on it.

I have five siblings, so my mom was always pregnant, and she would wear these dungarees that looked so cool.

I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.

Screw you, John." "Sorry, Sylvie. Can't—they frown on that kind of thing between step-siblings.

My siblings weren't playing music; I was the only one who wanted to buy a guitar and was listening on headphones the whole time.

I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother.

The Red Poppy The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. I have a lord in heaven called the sun, and open for him, showing him the fire of my own heart, fire like his presence. What could such glory be if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters, were you like me once, long ago, before you were human? Did you permit yourselves to open once, who would never open again? Because in truth I am speaking now the way you do. I speak because I am shattered.

I love working with children because, as an only child, I grew up always wishing for siblings.

I just think it's so nice that naturally all my siblings and my father and I have our own taste in music.

I'm one of six and would be lost without my siblings. We're really close. They always understand what I'm going through.