Brother Quotes - Page 7

• There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.

  Anna Quindlen

  Inspirational, Sister, Sibling

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• How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land!

  William Wordsworth

  Sunshine, Land

  'Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg' (1835)

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• In form and feature, face and limb, I grew so like my brother That folks got taking me for him And each for one another. For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which. . . .

  Henry Sambrooke Leigh

  Soul, Faces, Twins

  Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.9

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• P.C. is just too Big Brother - telling me how I should act and feel.

  Johnny Kelly

  Should, Bigs, Feels

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• I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking.

  Joe Eszterhas

  Marijuana, Thinking, Smoking

  "Joe Eszterhas talks Hollywood smoke screen". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. August 12, 2002.

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• My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.

  Alejandro Amenabar

  Mother, Book, Hands

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• Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

  Jeremy London

  Growing Up, Attention, Begging

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• Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

  Kevin Eubanks

  Dad, Gold, Robins

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• So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Laughter, Pregnancy, Black

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• We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.

  Chief Joseph

  War, White, Path

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• You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

  Pope John Paul II

  Way, Beloved, Said

  Pope John Paul II (1995). “Spiritual Pilgrimage: Texts on Jews and Judaism, 1979-1995”, Herder & Herder

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• I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.

  Shimon Peres

  Mother, Taste, Librarian

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• Zac Efron is like a brother who's just goofy and crazy. He plays a lot of practical jokes.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Crazy, Play, Goofy

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• So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Guitar, Trying, Bigs

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• I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.

  Olivia Wilde

  Great Friend, Bunch, Adopted

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• When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Trust, Trust In God, Learning To Trust

  James Freeman Clarke (1877). “Essentials and Non-essentials in Religion: Six Lectures Delivered in the Music Hall, Boston”

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• I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

  Jack Lemmon

  Best Friend, Lost Ones, Actors

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• Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

  Sam Levenson

  Relationship, Family, Sister

  Sam Levenson (2016). “Everything But Money: A Life of Riches”, p.124, Open Road Media

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• Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

  Barack Obama

  Gay, Journey, Law

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• I have a brother who is afraid to go to sleep, he dreams he's working.

  Milton Berle

  Dream, Sleep, Going To Sleep

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• When you see a condemned man on his way to the gallows, it moves you to pity. If you could do something to free him, you would do it. Well, brothers and sisters, when I see a person in mortal sin, I see someone drawing nearer with every step to the gallows of hell. And seeing him in this unhappy state, I happen to know the way to free him: that he be converted to God, ask God's pardon, and make a good confession. Woe betide me if he does not.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Moving, Men, Drawing

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• My brother thinks it is very, very bad that I left Islam. My half-sister wants to convert me back; I want to convert her to Western values. My mum is terrified that when I die, and we all go to God, I will be burned.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Thinking, Western Values, Islam

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• The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.

  Babatunde Fashola

  Unfortunate Things, Suspicion, Raises

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• In the shadow of the atomic bomb it has become even more apparent that all men are, indeed, brothers.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Shadow, Bombs

  Albert Einstein, Colette M. Kinnon, A. N. Kholodilin, J. G. Richardson (1981). “The Impact of modern scientific ideas on society: in commemoration of Einstein”, D Reidel Pub Co

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• If you keep on excusing, you eventually give your blessing to the slave camp, to cowardly force, to organized executioners, to the cynicism of great political monsters; you finally hand over your brothers.

  Albert Camus

  Blessing, Hands, Giving

  Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.231, Vintage

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