Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public. Rod Stewart on family
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. Don Marquis on family
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family. Francis Ford Coppola on family
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. Francis Ford Coppola on family
For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. Anne Tyler on family
I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project. Sylvester Stallone on family
I'm not ready to get married, but I have a pretty great family and I'd like that too, someday. Kristen Stewart on family
I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen. Kristen Stewart on family
It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality. Elizabeth Gilbert on family
A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good. Aung San Suu Kyi on family
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible. Dee Dee Myers on family
After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world. Billy Sunday on family
I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor. Ryan Gosling on family
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. Imelda Marcos on family
I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family. Reba McEntire on family
Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family. Gary Oldman on family
We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them. Shaun White on family
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century. Mary Wollstonecraft on family
Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness. Alan Thicke on family
My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing. Gwen Stefani on family