The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957Quotes
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001To be a successful father… there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1954Men are what their mothers made them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860The 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 BCIn peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCGod is our father, but even more is God our mother.
—Pope John Paul I, 1978The 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, 1939A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.
—Susan Sontag, 1977Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.
—André Gide, 1897My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.
—Tecumseh, 1810