Woodpecker Trio

By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela

Golden dreams make men awake hungry. - Proverb

He flourishes with hereditary honors. - Latin Proverb

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. - Unknown

Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love. - Unknown

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. - Jesus Christ

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

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. - Etheridge Knight

Acting is just a way of making a living; the family is life. - Denzel Washington

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. - Miguel de Unamuno

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. - Doris Day

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

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. - Edward Dahlberg

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family. - Anthony Brandt

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

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. - Oscar Wilde

Live so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. - Thomas Brackett Reed

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. - Edmund Burke

It is a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. - Plutarch

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend. - Unknown

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings. - Hodding S. Carter

Everyone has ancestors and it is only a question of going back far enough to find a good one. - Howard K. Nixon

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. - Thomas J. Barnardo

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. - Peter Gallagher

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

Family, religion, friendship... these are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. - Mr. Burns

My parents have been visiting me for a few days. I just dropped them off at the airport. They leave tomorrow. - Margaret Smith

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. - Richard P Feynman

Do you ever get halfway through eating a horse and go, 'You know, I'm not as hungry as I thought I was'? - Tim Vinel

The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight. - Joseph Addison

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. - Samuel Johnson

The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself, his ancestry and his environment and to become what he dreams of being. - Tully C. Knoles

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing. - Tim Allen

Fang took the entire family out for coffee and donuts the other night. The kids enjoyed it. It was the first time they'd ever given blood. - Phyllis Diller

What ya eat ain't got nuttin' to do with how old ya are. That all depends on your ancestors. It's what they call a matter of heresy. - Archie Bunker

Historically the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. - Stephen Covey