family Quotes

My parents used to fight a lot, and I think they fought a lot at night, and they would turn the television up to hide the sound of their fighting.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.

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

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.

My mother did not like children.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I take after my dad in the calm and measured way he approaches situations.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.