Family Jewels

The family is the nucleus of civilization. - William Durant

The family is one of nature's masterpieces. - George Santayana

A man without a smiling face should not open a shop. - Chinese Proverb

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist. - Tammy Faye Bakker

A shop should be like a song of which you never tire. - Harry Gordon Selfridge

Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball. - Giannis Antetokounmpo

Besmooch the family name in the eyes of the community. - Archie Bunker

Family is not an important thing - it's everything. - Michael J. Fox

Dishtemper: What family members suffer from after dinner - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

People who shop in health food stores never look healthy. - Amy Sedaris

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. - Erma Bombeck

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. - Thomas Carlyle

Remember as far as anyone knows, we're a nice normal family. - Homer Simpson

Work is the least important thing and family is the most important. - Jerry Seinfeld

Family Tree: The only tree whose branches seek the shelter of its roots - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Passing Tone: Frequently heard near the baked beans at family barbecues - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

For our immediate family and relatives, Canada was a land of opportunity. - Sidney Altman

Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop. - Gertrude Stein

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. - Brian Dennehy

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw

As a child, my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. - Buddy Hackett

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush. - Florence King

When women are mad or depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. - Elayne Boosler

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going. - George Carlin

Shopping: The fine art of acquiring things you don't need with money you don't have. - Unknown

I only hope when I have my own family that every day I see a little more of my father in me. - Keith Urban

The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children. - Unknown

Golden Age: When the kids are too old to need baby-sitters and too young to borrow the family car - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. - Alex Haley

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan

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

Some wish to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell. - C.T. Studd

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary: when her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief. - Oscar Wilde

As a family we couldn't decide whether to have Grandma buried or cremated, so in the end we decided to let her live. - Gary Delaney

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams, and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family. - Reed Markham

My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent. - Tommy Douglas

The 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

Fall: The season when your wife buys new winter clothes so she will have something to wear when she goes out shopping for spring outfits - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions. - Stephen Covey

I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. - Behati Prinsloo