All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
—Oscar Wilde, 1895Quotes
The root of the kingdom is in the State. The root of the State is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its Head.
—Mencius, c. 270 BCAs the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
—Pope John Paul II, 1986Men are what their mothers made them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
—V.S. Pritchett, 1968The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended—and not to take a hint when a hint isn’t intended.
—Robert Frost, 1939It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1966Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001God is our father, but even more is God our mother.
—Pope John Paul I, 1978