Top 100 Quotes About Big Family
#2. I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other ... get things done as a family.
John Boehner
#3. In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.
Antonin Scalia
#4. I was singing before I started acting. As a kid, I would always perform at the big family parties.
Chrissie Fit
#5. I need to have small morsels of sweets. If I have a day with the fam with a big family dinner, then I'll indulge ... but then the next day or two I'll really be strict. I learned that from Dolly Parton, by the way!
Kimberly Schlapman
#6. I come from a big family of hairdressers; they didn't read newspapers. I would say, 'I'm off to Afghanistan ... ' and they would say, 'Have fun!'
Lynsey Addario
#7. I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.
Willem Dafoe
#8. I never thought about what I would write. I just come from such a big family of storytellers.
Molly Antopol
#9. When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling.
Gisele Bundchen
#10. We are a big family; we are all very close, and we always want to talk about what is going on with each other.
Javier Hernandez
#11. As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing on the beach - great memories!
Zoe McLellan
#12. Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#13. I think it's really amazing to have a big family. I've always wanted one.
Jamie Anne Allman
#14. I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent.
Alice Greczyn
#15. I love mythology, grew up loving it. I'm a middle kid, big family, that's the thing you did in the farm country. I lived in Iowa, I loved mythology. I don't know, we're like that.
Kellan Lutz
#16. My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
Olivier Martinez
#17. Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and the short stories and the poems you never had time to write because of that." And I looked at my children and I said, "These are my poems, these are my stories."
Olga Masters
#18. I'm from a big family. I've got 10 nieces and nephews.
Cheryl Cole
#19. The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good.
Kate Winslet
#20. I didn't think that it's something that would happen. I didn't think I would be in the position, emotionally or financially, to be able to do that. But I've been lucky [to have big family].
Jim Gaffigan
#21. My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.
Rafe Spall
#22. I'm starting to think about things that I want to do, things that are fun. One of them is driving a car like a Porsche. I've driven a lot of cars - sedans, trucks and big family vehicles all year long. But there's nothing like a four-wheel-drive Porsche.
Kevin O'Leary
#23. In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.
Jet Li
#24. When I was growing up, we always had a big family dinner at around noon on Sunday. I still love that whenever it is possible to gather the family together.
Samuel Alito
#25. One thing I would say is that I think in any environment that you work in, there's always going to be one or two people who you don't like. But there just wasn't that on 'Games Of Thrones'. I know it sounds cheesy and cliched, but it was like a big family.
Alfie Allen
#28. The family we're born into is important, sure, but they're not all we have. They're not all we are. A part of life is making your own family. That's the beauty of it all." I smile softly. "Do you have a big family?" "I do," he says, "but most of us aren't blood related.
J.M. Darhower
#29. The rich people are doing well but regular people suffer. We'll all be better off when we realize that we're part of one big family.
CeCe Winans
#30. I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.
Jessica Lange
#31. It's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry.
Cesar Romero
#32. I liked all the children in my class. Back then, I think we all just tacitly assumed that we were equal. That we were all in the same boat. We didn't really think about our different genders, races or classes. We just co-existed, like one big family.
Joss Sheldon
#33. I can watch CNN on television or the Internet to find out what happened in Hong Kong ten minutes ago. After all, it doesn't matter where something is made, we're all part of the same big family now.
Jet Li
#34. I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week.
Tony Shalhoub
#35. I always loved family holidays, and I had this vision and dream as a little girl of having a big family of my own.
Brooke Burke
#36. We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.
Joel Kinnaman
#37. I'm influenced a lot by my family. I have a big family.
Keith Stanfield
#38. Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad listened to '80s music, my mom listened to Motown, my brother listened to reggae, and my granddad was the one that got me into jazz and swing music.
Ella Henderson
#39. I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.
Gustavo Dudamel
#40. If Arkansas is, indeed, one big family, Eureka Springs remains its eccentric uncle.
Rex Nelson
#41. I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore.
Guy Lafleur
#42. But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
Payne Stewart
#43. I sort of came from a big family - eight kids - and I guess I always, more than most people, really revel in privacy and solitude sometimes.
John Curran
#44. I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.
Chris O'Donnell
#45. I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family.
Holly Madison
#46. Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.
Marion Jones
#48. I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.
Patrick Dempsey
#49. Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'
Hollis Stacy
#50. I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes.
Blake Lively
#51. I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.
L'Wren Scott
#52. I come from a very big family from every economic background. Some of the streets I talk about, I've actually walked on because I have family from there. Jamaica has so many contradictions.
Marlon James
#53. I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.
Emmy Rossum
#54. Three can eat as cheaply as two, the well-known arithmetic of resignation in any family where a child is expected, now one can say with even greater authority, Ten million can eat as cheaply as five, and with a quiet smile, A nation is nothing but a great big family.
Jose Saramago
#55. My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.
Kendrick Lamar
#56. As Native Americans, we believe the Rainbow is a sign from the Spirit in all things. It is a sign of the union of all people, like one big family. The unity of all humanity, many tribes and peoples, is essential.
Thomas Banyacya
#57. I came from a big family. As a matter of fact, I never got to sleep alone until I was married.
Lewis Grizzard
#58. On the personal side, family is really important to me. I have a big family - five kids and 12 grandkids - so keeping that going is wonderful. And I do a lot of philanthropy. I'm chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Charles Schwab
#59. We are all human beings. As such, we are part of a big family: the human family. The pain of any human being will somehow affect the entire family.
Samael Aun Weor
#60. I want every movie to be like a big family and a great adventure.
Virginia Madsen
#61. I feel incredibly successful. I make a living as a writer and am able to help support a big family, my church, my bleeding-heart causes.
Anne Lamott
#62. It was like a big family, since so many of us brought our kids. We all went surfing. It was so relaxed and easy.
Elle Macpherson
#63. I want to have a big family. My parents have been together for 36 years, and that is what I want. I am in that place. It's all good in that part of my life. It's one part of my life that I'm learning about every day. I've been challenged a lot by it, but it's the most rewarding part.
Gisele Bundchen
#64. My dad loves babies. He's really good with them and is a big family man.
Jade Jagger
#65. I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.
Natassia Malthe
#66. To just get in front of different kinds of audiences is important for me. I do think it's important for music to be a big family. Whether it's country or not.
Ashley Monroe
#67. I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.
Ryan McGinley
#68. We don't have nannies and all that, we look after our own kids. It's just what you do. If you want a big family that's just what you do, isn't it?
Ray Winstone
#69. I have a bunch of brothers. I grew up with a big family.
Taylor Kinney
#70. When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.
Jencarlos Canela
#71. I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.
David Charvet
#72. I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.
Ryan Lochte
#73. I think the movie business and film crews are a little bit like the circus, in that we travel around like a pack and we're a big family for a finite period of time. We roll into someplace, cause a bunch of damage, and then roll out.
Francis Lawrence
#74. We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles.
Denise Mina
#75. A football team is really a big family. There's a give and take ... but a few are working for their name only. They go the whole week trying to figure out who said something, what they said and where it happened instead of showing that they're big men.
Otto Rehhagel
#76. I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.
Jet Li
#77. We tend to take whatever's worked in our particular set of circumstances (big family, small family, AP, Ezzo, home school, public school) and project that upon everyone else in the world as the ideal.
Rachel Held Evans
#78. When I'm writing solitude feels very good. But when I'm not writing it feels lonely ... Having a big family solves that problem.
Michael Chabon
#79. I've always wanted a family since I was a little girl - a big family. I'm an only child, so I wanted, like, 10 kids ... for sure.
Behati Prinsloo
#80. confirmed that Walsh was in a restaurant for a big family celebration on the evening Mr Oakley was killed. I had to
Stephen Puleston
#81. I have a big family and had to move them all from the coast of Oregon to New York three times for the workshops and for the actual production itself, which had about a four month development rehearsal schedule.
Gregory Harrison
#82. Children from a big family have the benefit of a certain amount of neglect.
Wallace Stegner
#83. I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.
Heidi Klum
#84. When the whole world starts behaving like a big family, protecting and caring each other, the world will become a good place to live!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#85. I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.
Carine Roitfeld
#86. Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like.
Mario Andretti
#87. I just have two daughters and a grandson. So not a big family.
Patrick Modiano
#88. I came from a big family ... a big family of Southerners.
Blake Lively
#89. The last two years, nationals have been close to home for me, so I've had big family support from friends and club support. Especially last year in Ottawa, I had a whole section my grandpa got for all my family, and the skating club (supported me). I feel like I'm a veteran at this now.
Alaine Chartrand
#90. I come from a very big family ... nine parents.
Jim Gaffigan
#91. Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
Zakk Wylde
#92. While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did.
Bill Murray
#93. There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.
Anwar Sadat
#94. I have a big family and no one ever treated me like a child. They always treated me like an adult, like an equal.
Blake Lively
#95. I wish I hadn't stopped. Maybe by now we'd be married with six or seven kids." "Six or seven?" "I always wanted a big family." "And exactly who do you think will be popping out all those babies?" "You've got the hips for it.
Quanie Miller
#96. The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.
Yao Ming
#97. I'm not a big family person. I'm more of a loner.
Megan Fox
#98. My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.
Wong Kar-Wai
#99. It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.
Nicholas Hoult
#100. I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn't have it growing up.
Drew Barrymore
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