#relatives

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#caricatures #cousins #especially #every #every man

If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#anything #even #friends #human #human suffering

Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts. ↗

— Glynis Johns

#efforts #fall #help #own #relatives

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them. But when they are away, we console ourselves for their absence by dwelling on their vices. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#relatives #family

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#any #attraction #children #compassion #feel

I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#baghdad #dad #difficult #direction #every

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#inner #inner feelings #often #our #parents

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#alive #because #committed #companionship #had

I had no blood relatives till I made some. ↗

— Andy Dick

#blood #had #i #made #relatives

Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ↗

— Eustache Deschamps

#make #relatives #you #yourself