Family

(325 votes)   Love, by reason of its passion, destroys the in-between which relates us to and separates us from others. As long as its spell lasts, the only in-between which can insert itself between two lovers is the child, love's own product. The child, this in-between to which the lovers now are related and which they hold in common, is representative of the world in that it also separates them; it is an indication that they will insert a new world into the existing world. Through the child, it is as though the lovers return to the world from which their love had expelled them. But this new worldliness, the possible result and the only possibly happy ending of a love affair, is, in a sense, the end of love, which must either overcome the partners anew or be transformed into another mode of belonging together.

Hannah Arendt
1906-1975, German-born American Political Philosopher

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(313 votes)   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

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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(287 votes)   The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish .

Pope John Paul II

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(278 votes)   To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

Pope John Paul II

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(277 votes)   The memories of my family outings are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car---I forget what kind it was---and drive and drive. I'm not sure where we'd go, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called 'Dad.' We'd eat some stuff, or not, and then I think we went home. I guess some things never leave you.

Jack Handey

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(264 votes)   One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Jewish Proverbs
Sayings of Jewish Origin

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(263 votes)   There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher
1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer

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(263 votes)   There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond

James Earl Jones

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(251 votes)   I wonder if the polite thing to do is always the right thing to do. When I met the family from Japan, they all bowed. I pretended like I was going to bow, but then I just kept going and flipped over on my back. I did this five times. I think they got the point.

Jack Handey

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(240 votes)   The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

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(237 votes)   Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

André Maurois

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(224 votes)   Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

Clare Boothe Luce
1903-1987, American Diplomat, Writer

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(222 votes)   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

Lee Iacocca

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(215 votes)   My family is really boring. They have a coffee table book called 'Pictures We Took Just to Use Up the Rest of the Film

Penelope Lombard

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(207 votes)   In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Tao Le Ching

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