My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.

I love my family and I miss them very much but I am a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I have done, but it was right for me.

I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They do not go according to any rules. They are not like aches or wounds, they are more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there is not enough material.

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.

I am just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, do not judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, you know, we are alright. We are dang near royalty.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

A family with the wrong members in control that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

All in the Family was intellectual it was art.

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There is nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you are having a bad day, if you do not like your hair, if you do not have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can not do anything until you love yourself first.