In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend. — Catherine Killigrew
Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. — Alice Walker
If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. — Pam Brown
Love the older sister, but yearn for the younger sister. — Thai Proverbs
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. — Chanakya
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship. — Margaret Mead
A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life. — Emily Giffin
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
Short Sister In Law Quotes
The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride — Greek Proverbs
More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good. — Linda Sunshine
The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting — Greek Proverbs
Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind. — Yiddish Proverbs
If a woman doesn’t love you, she calls you “brother. — African Proverbs
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. — Hubert Humphrey
She who wants to marry her stepfather regrets it in bed. — Yiddish Proverbs
God enjoins you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, daughters, aunts. — Muhammad
Friends are relatives you make for yourself. — Eustache Deschamps
A brother is a friend provided by nature. — Legouve Pere
Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else!
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like. — William O. Douglas
My brother-in-law wrote an unusual murder story. The victim got killed by a man from another book. — Robert Sylvester
Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.
In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you! — Yakov Smirnoff
My brother-in-law had to give up his last job because of illness. His boss became sick of him. — Henny Youngman
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.
Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer. — Louise Glück
Neurotic means he is not as sensible as I am, and psychotic means he's even worse than my brother-in-law. — Karl A. Menninger
My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself. — Henny Youngman
It is in struggle and service with our brothers and sisters, individually and collectively, that we find the meaning of life. — Jesse Jackson
Daughter In Law Quotes
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded. — Loni Anderson
The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat — Michel de Montaigne
If someone should ask, "how should an Opposition function?" the best answer would be, "in the manner of a traditional mother-in-law who watches the performance of household work by a daughter-in-law and follows her about with her comments. — R.K. Narayan
My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws. — Dan Gable
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. — Lou Gehrig
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. — Democritus
Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all. Life, living, all is Death’s. — William Shakespeare
When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law. — Guru Nanak
Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law. — Maxine Hong Kingston
One of the best things about being [joyfully] retired is the freedom to travel when I want. When my son and daughter-in-law asked me to stay at their house for a week to house-sit while they were away on vacation, I had the freedom to do it. — Helen A. Rosburg
Mother In Law Quotes
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. — Agatha Christie
Every time I’ve listened to the wife’s side of the story, the mother-in-law’s side of the story and most importantly, a completely different story from the sandwiched man … one thing has been a constant - ‘I am right; the other is wrong. Endorse it. — Mahatria Ra
I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her. — Ken Dodd
Adam was the first lucky man as he had no mother-in-law. — Jewish Proverbs
I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time. — Gail Simmons
We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes. But mothers-never. — Mack Sennett
Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport. — Henny Youngman
I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.' — Joan Rivers
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law. — Mark Twain
Son In Law Quotes
How far would you go to protect your family? I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a grandson, and I'm a husband. If someone were to hurt the women in my life and the law didn't take care of it, what would I do? Pretty awful things. — Jason Momoa
When I was a baby, my mama told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno. — Johnny Cash
With a body like he has, I want him to be a bully. But he is too nice - he is perfect son-in-law material, but I don't want a team of son-in-laws. — Graeme Souness
If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again. — William Makepeace Thackeray
I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works. — Suzanne Somers
The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"-"Is it possible?" — Thomas B. Macaulay
Mother-in-law: A woman who destroys her son-in-law's peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers. — Unknown
As a father ,supports his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons ,behave. — Guru Nanak
The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees. — Wesley Morris
Wherever you find a wife and mother-in-law slugging it out, you'll find a son who's not speaking up to either his mother or his wife. — Harriet Lerner
Brother-in-law Quotes
My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish! — Dorothy Kilgallen
My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage. — Gary Lineker
It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30, on account of your sister, brother in law and your bottom. — Pippa Middleton
Right before Euro 2016, I also lost my brother-in-law who was a football fanatic. Life takes people away from us, but it gives us unexpected forms of strength. — Didier Deschamps
All my brothers, my brothers-in-law, they're always telling me what a good-hearted guy I am. You don't get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you get to be a real professor of pain. — Paddy Chayefsky
I'm the only Red in our family! You know my father, my brother, my brother-in-law, my 14-year-old niece and two of my uncles are all City season ticket holders. So I'm gonna say 5-0 to United! — Ian Brown
Recently a young journalist came to interview me about what I was doing the day war broke out. During the course of the interview I recounted the deaths of my only brother, my husband's only brother, a brother in law and my four best friends. "So," she said, did the war affect you in any way? — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Is anyone saying same-sex couples can't love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too? — Rick Santorum
The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews. — Jane Smiley
I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money. — George J. Mitchell
Father In Law Quotes
The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims. — John Adams
America faces serious challenges. A broken economy, terrorism, gaping trade deficits… intolerance should be added to that list. I’m confident that my father-in-law will be successful tackling these challenges. — Jared Kushner
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? — Dick Clark
My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.' — Nita Ambani
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson
I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law... There never has been a period in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying its foundations. — Joseph Story
We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me. — Mira Nair
If the foundation of a well-ordered society is a healthy, happy home, then the problem of lawlessness will not be solved by more laws or legislation; but by fathers and mothers exerting a moral influence and example in their own families, tempered with love and understanding. — J. Spencer Kinard
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster
My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army. — Stuart Symington
Mother-in-law Quotes
My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her. — Lenny Bruce
I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. — Les Dawson
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. — H. L. Mencken
Scrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults. — Ken Schwaber
What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what we are dealing with here. Whether inflicted upon the mother or upon the child, it is against the precept of God and the law of nature: 'Thou shalt not kill.' — Pope Pius XI
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses. — St. Jerome
If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed. — Daniel Defoe
The wife's Mother said, ‘When you're dead, I'll dance in your grave.’ I said: ‘Good, I'm being buried at sea’. — Les Dawson
I wanted to do something nice so I bought my mother-in-law a chair. Now they won't let me plug it in. — Henny Youngman
You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. — Anais Nin
When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing. — Nana Mouskouri
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting. — Anthony Doerr
I started walking at night with my sister in law which has been amazing. It really does something for you. It just kind of clears the mind, it just makes you feel better, things start to tighten a little bit. — Ashley Scott
This show has shown me how to throw a punch. But watching my future sister-in-law go through breast cancer has also shown me how to take one. — Charlotte Ross
Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life. — Anais Nin
We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford. — Carolyn Maloney
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right. — Adam Sandler
And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions. — Margaret Cavendish
My grandfather was a teacher, my grandmother on my mom's side, four of my aunts, my sister-in-law, my best friend. So I've always, my entire life, been surrounded by teachers, and because of that I've had a tremendous respect for what teachers can do, the power that they can have. — Michelle Rhee
There is, between the sexes, a law of incessant reciprocal action, of which God avails himself in the constitution of the family, when He permits brothers and sisters to nestle about the same hearthstone. Its ministration is essential to the best educational results. Our own educational institutions should rest upon this divine basis. — Caroline Wells Healey Dall
Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister. — Shelby Foote
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. — Jessica Mitford
Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan. — Tracy Austin
My sister-in-law is so skinny that she has a striped dress with only one stripe. — Phyllis Diller
Airport Cars UK are always helpful and on time when we go on holiday. They have also done themselves proud with the executive people carriers at my sister-in-law's wedding — Shane Richie
My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt Donna - I know I can trust them. Most of the other people...they never called me before, they never said "I love you" before, they never wanted to take a picture with me at family reunions. It's like, don't do it now...You win the lottery and all of a sudden everybody's your best friend. — Carrie Underwood
If you want to know how old a woman is . . . ask her sister-in-law. — E. W. Howe
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up --mimic/ape/suck --in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you --you and our children. — June Jordan
We're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is Catholic, and my sister converted and my nephews are baptized. I have an uncle who just graduated and currently he's a priest. — Rima Fakih
Brothers and sisters, white people will come in to chastise us. But since we are no longer forsaken, and are the people of God, God will answer whatever they do of evil to us. I'm warning the government and I am warning General James Mattis, and all those who would kill us outside of the law of justice, that the God of justice will pay you back in full. — Louis Farrakhan
Your relationship with your sister-in-law is hingeing on your brother's - or your sister-in-law's - ability to keep that relationship together. — Justin Hartley
The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married. If my brother gets hit by a car tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go on living materially in the same way that she does now. If the same thing happens to me, a great deal of what I have will go off to the taxman. That's because of one of, as you doubtless know, eleven hundred federal laws that favor marriage. — Andrew Solomon
Louis Brandeis actually changes his mind about women's suffrage because he works with these brilliant women in the women's suffrage movement like Josephine Goldmark, his sister-in-law, where he writes a Brandeis brief which convinced the court to uphold maximum hour laws for women by collecting all these facts and empirical evidence. — Jeffrey Rosen
In the Augustan age ... poetry was ... the sister of architecture; with the romantics, and their heightened vowel-sense, resulting in different melodic lines, she became the sister of music; in the present day, she appears like the sister of horticulture, each poem growing according to the law of its own nature. — Edith Sitwell
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
My sister-in-law found a real surprise in her stockings - my brother. — Milton Berle
Well, I've seen a bunch of acupuncturists and one of my sister-in-laws is an herbalist. So I know a lot about alternative medicine. I don't know a lot about the practice but I know about the world. — Tim Daly
I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education. — Alexander Wang
If the marriage were valid, she'd be your sister-in-law. — Cassandra Clare
Mr. Sourpuss Pants God I love her Nicholas " Thomas crowed. When he noticed that neither Nicholas nor Inez looked impressed by the words he added quickly "In a totally sister-in-law type fashion of course. — Lynsay Sands
Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.” Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. “Thank you, Cam.” “What are you thinking?” Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. “You can’t trust Beatrix’s judgment.” “Why not?” “She’s too young,” Leo said. “I’m twenty-three,” Beatrix protested. “In dog years I’d be dead. — Lisa Kleypas
From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life. — Anais Nin
It is natural not to care about a sister certainly not when she is four years older and grinds her teeth at night. — Gertrude Stein
My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on. — Arthur Smith
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