Family(Related Subjects: Marriage, Parents, Children)

They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that's why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers. David Assael, Northern Exposure, Family Feud, 1993 If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns (1896 - 1996) Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard, "Families" If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.' Jeff Foxworthy Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910), Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first line A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971) Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Ike's Wee Wee, 1998 I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Cat Orgy, 1999