29 Nov 2007

13 QUOTES ABOUT FAMILY



Christmas family gatherings are coming up and not all are full of harmony. Here are 13 quotes about family :

1. Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.

2. The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you.

3. When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.

4. A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

5. Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.

6. Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts.

7. If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion

8. Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

9. The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

10. Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

11. If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

12. Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.

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




27 comments:

  1. You always have the best TTs! I love your blog and its so Christmasy now. Its making me get into the Christmas spirit!

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  2. Oh, these are great quotes! I particularly like :
    5. Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. LOL! how true!
    13. One of life's greatest mysteries in a family is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. I am sure it happens all the time!
    Happy Thursday!

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  3. Okay, #12 was so deep I wanted to write it down to keep it. But then #13 had me laughing so hard I had to read it to my husband! AWESOME!!!

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  4. Such awesome family quotes.
    My favorite quotes are: #s2,5, 13. They really are great and by the way, your header is so beautiful and attractive.

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  5. Fabulous! I like 11 and 12 the best.

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  6. Great Quotes. I loved visiting your blog, so Christmasy! If you'd like to read some more quotes, stop by my Blog. This week I have thirteen Love Quotes. Happy T13!

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  7. MY family is more like peanut brittle! ALL nuts - but very sweet too! :) And number 8? I think that one is becoming my new motto!!! What a GREAT list Gattina! Ya done GOOD!

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  8. Great quotes! Hey - could you tell me where you got such a great layout? I searched for layouts, and when I pasted the html code, it didn't work. If you have a chance to hop over to my blog and leave a comment, I'd really appreciate it. Happy TT!

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  9. That's fun, Gattina. Our fudge is a little heavy on the nuts, I'd say!

    God bless.

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  10. I love the one about fudge. And the last one gave me a shiver. It looks nice and homey and festive over here.

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  11. Those are all great, but number 13 is truly a mystery!

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  12. great tt. My TT this week is quotes I wrote in my children's baby books for them to have words to live by
    #12 made my list too. :)

    Stop by and check it out
    Maribeth
    www.marnini.wordpress.com

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  13. #13 is so, so true. Thanks for a humorous look at families.

    Thanks for visiting my TT!

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  14. That's a great, fun list - it contains a lot of wisdom, too. Happy TT!

    My list of thirteen bizarre phobias is up at Siani's Pot-Pourri.

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  15. Oh my goodness...I love #3 the best!! :-) Great topic, and great quotes! Thanks for visiting my TT, and I'm so glad I got to visit you back!

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  16. I love your family quotes. Especially family being like fudge, mostly sweet with lots of nuts. That totally describes my family! I especially liked #13 too!

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  17. Thanks for getting back to me. I just want to change my background. You know how they have templates you can choose from in the blooger layout section of the dashboard? I would like to use a different template, and I'm just not sure how to do it. I googled templates for blogger, and I got lots of results, but when I tried one, I guess I pasted the code in the wrong place. Sorry to be a bother. Thanks for your help. I love the way your blog looks, and ... I love cats, too!

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  18. Rien ne t'échappe et tu passes tout à l'acide chlorydrique! Que des vérités!
    Vive la famille et vive les vacances loin d'elle!

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  19. My first visit here. No. 5 is wonderful.

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  20. nice list! you made me miss my family so much!! haha

    happy tt!

    -a

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  21. Great TT meme, so I just say:
    Okay, okay, so I believe in ghosts the LoL

    Thanks for your visit and comments on my first Brussels post. There is more (than Manneken piss) on today and I hope you approve:-)

    Btw: Sorry I did not gave you a ring this time - I'll try next time if not to busy.

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  22. Great quotes! Britney Spears is proof of 12 for sure.

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  23. Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.

    - Daniel

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