Sibling Quotes - Page 2

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  My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

  Harmon Killebrew

  Family, Fathers Day, Mother

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.

  Anne Lamott

  Children, Mean, Young Generation

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• When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.

  Antisthenes

  Brother, Strong, Common

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• Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.

  Francis of Assisi

  Brother, Integrity, Blessed

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• We know one another's faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar. We have been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws.

  Rose Macaulay

  Sister, Brother, Hands

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• Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.

  Irving Berlin

  Brother, Helping, Lord

  "Accidental Incest". Title card, www.imdb.com. December 6, 2014.

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• Certainly, people can get along without siblings. Single children do, and there are people who have irreparably estranged relationships with their siblings who live full and satisfying lives, but to have siblings and not make the most of that resource is squandering one of the greatest interpersonal resources you'll ever have.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Children, Single Child, People

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• I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

  Rose Byrne

  Thinking, Always Trying, Clown

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• I have siblings. And there are certain things I know that I can push their buttons. And they know they have certain things where they can push mine.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Brother, Buttons, Certain

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• When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.

  Marlo Thomas

  Mom, Mother, Brother

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• I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.

  Dana Carvey

  Brother, Mean, People

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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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• I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

  Ahmet Zappa

  Ideas, Parent, Bounce

  Interview With Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Brother, Grandma

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• Never make a companion equal to a brother.

  Hesiod

  Brother, Companionship, Brother Sister

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• If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child.

  Linda Sunshine

  Sister, Funny Inspirational, Children

  Linda Sunshine (2012). “Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)”, p.20, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma."

  Linda Sunshine

  Funny, Sister, Grandma

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• Older siblings get more total-immersion mentoring with their parents before younger siblings come along. As a result, they get an IQ and linguistic advantage because they are the exclusive focus of their parents' attention.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Parent, Focus, Mentor

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• Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Friendship, Education

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

  James Boswell

  Sister, Friends, Brother

  James Boswell, Roger Ingpen (1791). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.74

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• Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

  Byron Katie

  Sister, Daughter, Brother

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• I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

  Martin Short

  Brother, Thinking, Baby Sister

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• Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Sister, Letting Go, Brother

  Song: Don't You Think?, Album: Left of the Middle, 1997

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• I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.

  Lisa Loeb

  Brother, Mixing, Three

  Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. July 28, 2011.

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