Brother Sister Quotes - Page 2

• The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

  Jane Austen

  Sister, Brother, Sibling

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.487, Wordsworth Editions

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• If I were president? First thing I'd do is take care of the schoolteachers. I'm not saying we should start 'em out with six figures, but in some places they've got to be mother, father, brother, sister, and mentor. They're real important people. Let's give 'em a raise - and attract the best people to the job.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Mother, Brother, Jobs

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• It takes two men to make one brother.

  Israel Zangwill

  Motivational, Brother, Sibling

  Israel Zangwill (1917). “The Principle of Nationalities”

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• The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, brother, sister.

  Emma Goldman

  Mother, Brother, Children

  Emma Goldman, Candace Falk (2008). “Emma Goldman”, p.375, University of Illinois Press

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• When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he's coming at me with a wet dish towel.

  Daniel Pearce

  Brother, Men, Two

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• Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of life and the teachings of his parents, his brothers, sisters, playmates, and later of other people FORCE HIM to acknowledge the advantages of social cooperation and accordingly to change his behavior.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Brother, Children, Teaching

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• Never make a companion equal to a brother.

  Hesiod

  Brother, Sibling, Companionship

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• Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco.

  Eric Allin Cornell

  Sister, Mother, Brother

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• When my band MU landed on Maui in 1973 we were greeted by a wonderful group of peace loving brothers & sisters who we immediately formed a bond with. We had two instant roadies, Spider & Richard, who helped with every move of our musical equipment. We settled into our house on the edge of the rainforest that eventually became a portable studio. We started rehearsing and booked the Lahaina Civic Auditorium for a full moon concert starring MU and a local band The Space Patrol.

  Merrell Fankhauser

  Brother, Moving, Moon

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• There's no better friend than a sister.

  Mary Engelbreit

  Sister, Funny Sibling, Funny Sister

  Mary Engelbreit (2002). “The Blessings of Friendship: A Friendship Treasury”, p.62, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• I feel like that's a way people can change the way music is - to be guided by someone they believe in and trust. Larson and I really believed in each other. It was like brother/sister, father/daughter, we were laughing and yelling, that's how it is when you make an album! Essentially the trust was there and I got something great.

  Laura Bell Bundy

  Daughter, Brother, Father

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I love God, Jesus Christ, my three children, mother, father, brother, sisters, family in general, my pets, my students, and true friends.

  Ana Monnar

  Mother, Jesus, Brother

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• I got a lot out of 'Brothers Sisters' and learnt some incredible things and I think it certainly had come to a natural ending, so it was definitely time to move on.

  Matthew Rhys

  Brother, Moving, Thinking

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• First of all, we have exactly the opposite type of audiences, for obvious reasons. So the competition is not going to be between the movies. I wish Dakota the best, not only because of this movie. I know the expectations of these movies are enormous but we know-every member of the family, brother, sister, real father-that she's a good actress.”

  Antonio Banderas

  Brother, Father, Real

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• Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would cleave through life to. Sisters part from sisters, brothers from brothers, children from their parents, but such woman from the husband of her choice, never!

  James Sheridan Knowles

  Marriage, Brother, Children

  James Sheridan Knowles (1859). “The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles: The love chase. Woman's wit. The maid of Mariendorpt. Love. John of Procida. Old maids. The rose of Arragon. The secretary”, p.255

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• Sisters, brothers and the whities, Blacks and the crackers, Police and their backers, They're all political actors

  Curtis Mayfield

  Brother, Political, Police

  Song: If There's Hell Below

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• If but one message, I may leave behind, One single word of courage for my kind, It would be this – Oh, brother, sister, friend, Whatever life may bring – what God may send, No matter whether clouds life soon or late-- Take heart and wait!

  Grace Noll Crowell

  Patience, Brother, Heart

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• I absolutely loved my time at 'Brothers & Sisters,' what I learned and everything that went with it. It was an incredibly formative time for me.

  Matthew Rhys

  Brother, My Time

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• We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are gay. And we need to love, affirm and all of us together work on the real problems that we have in the world.

  Rob Bell

  Brother, Uncles, Real

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• My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.

  Sean William Scott

  Brother, Kids, Influence

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• I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.

  Rupert Grint

  Brother, Growing Up, Character

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• I was really nervous, because I was certain it was going to be bigger than anything I'd ever done before. But I was relieved when I actually discovered that there was a family atmosphere on the set, with a brother-sister team, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson running it all.

  Naomie Harris

  Running, Brother, Team

  ""Skyfall"-ing for a Bond Girl - Naomie Harris". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

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• For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
  Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild;
  Christ, our God, to Thee we raise this our Sacrifice of grateful praise.

  Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

  Brother, Children, Grateful

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• Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

  Maya Angelou

  Brother, Clear, Parity

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• Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Funny, Family, Sister

  Peanuts (comic strip), 17 June 1961

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