#relatives

My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church. ↗

— Henry Fonda

#being #brought #christian #church #damn

I can't think of any relatives that ever went into science. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

#ever #i #into #relatives #science

Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess (slaves). Indeed, Allah does not like those who are proud and boastful. [Al-Qur'an Surah Nisa 4:36] ↗

— Asma Naqi

#life #needy #neighbors #orphans #parents

One well-meaning aunt had even told Amanda of her belief that the Lord had kept her from marrying solely to provide someone to take care of her ailing parents. Amanda would have preferred the Almighty had made other arrangements. Apparently it had not occurred to anyone that Amanda might have caught a husband, had the remaining years of her youth not been expended in caring for her mother and father. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#relatives #romance #spinsters #life

In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between relatives today. ↗

— Walter Lang

#beginning #between #cause #genetic #human

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#any #become #becomes #children #cruelty

I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory. ↗

— Manny Pacquiao

#having #i #little #mind #prayed

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends. ↗

— Addison Mizner

#choose #friends #gives #god #our

God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. ↗

— Ethel Watts Mumford

#friends #gave #god #our #relatives

God gives us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends. ↗