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

We are the people our parents warned us about. - Jimmy Buffett

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. - The Bible

Anybody can make history, only a great man can write it. - Oscar Wilde

The two things children wear out are clothes and parents. - Unknown

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

My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. - Mark Twain

Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are. - John G. Pollard

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. - Dick Cavett

Kidnapping: The short snatches of rest a parent gets when baby sleeps - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

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

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

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

We do not inherit the earth from our parents. We borrow it from our children. - Unknown

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

Spoiled Rotten: What the kids become after as little as 15 minutes with Grandma - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake. - Karlie Kloss

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

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. - Cicero

I have nothing but troubles with my car. Every Sunday I take my family out for a push. - Rodney Dangerfield

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. - Thomas Paine

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. - Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

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

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. - Suze Orman

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. - George Burns

There's no environment I can think of that would have remained constant enough to preserve dinosaur DNA. - Hendrik Poinar

I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers. - Patrick Chan

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

Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. - Mark Batterson

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

Juvenile Delinquent: 1. A youngster who has been given a free hand but not in the proper place; 2. A kid who starts acting like his parents. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground into sand. Mud. The whole cycle of life and death. - Martine Vermeulen

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. - Antonin Scalia

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

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, and hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kids' therapy. - Michelle Pfeiffer