“What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his "brother." God says it was "the blood of your brother." The killing was done to another human being, a child of God like you, breaking that sacred bond of common humanity.” HumansChildrenDoneStoriesUsedHumanityHuman BeingsCommonBloodBrotherLike YouSacredKillingStrikesChild Of GodYour BrotherCainCommon HumanityAbelCain And Abel Author:Allan Boesak
“It is true, we do not like to lose a good, kind companion, a wife, a husband, a child, a brother, a sister, or any of our near and dear friends or relatives; but we have to do it, and it is right and proper that we should. They go a little before us; when we get there they will receive and welcome us and say, "God bless you, you have come at last." That is the way I look at it. I ex pect to strike hands and embrace my friends who have gone before.” WayShouldLooksKindChildrenLittlesHandsLastsLosesGoneWifeBrotherHusbandMy FriendsEmbraceDearStrikesWelcomeCompanionBlessExesSisterGod BlessDear FriendGod Bless You Author:John Taylor
“It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?” MenShouldChildrenDoeArtChristianFatherDoubtBrotherProveCreaturesRegardJewMy BrotherTolerateGreat ArtEloquence Book:Candide Source: Candide
“History tells us more than we want to know about what is wrong with man, and we can hardly turn a page in the daily press without learning the specific time, place, and name of evil. But perhaps the most pervasive evil of all rarely appears in the news. This evil, the waste of human potential, is particularly painful to recognize for it strikes our parents and children, our friends and brothers, ourselves.” KnowsMenWantHumansChildrenTurnsEvilNamesParentHistoryBrotherWasteNewsPagesPressesPainfulStrikesHuman PotentialChildren And Parents Book:Education and Ecstasy: With, Source: Education and Ecstasy: With,
“I've been so lucky to have my mum and dad because they've worked to give my brother and I everything. We're not spoilt children.” GivingChildrenBrotherDadLuckyMy BrotherMumSo LuckyMum And DadSpoilt Author:Amy Childs
“I was always storytelling, since I was a child. I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties.” YearsChildrenStoriesRememberBrotherTwentiesStorytellingMy SisterAdolescenceBrothers And SistersTelling Stories Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and seeing the world. Going from New York to California and from Jamaica Queens to the South, I was always the new kid, or had the army crew haircut. I expected people to pick up on me. My brother kinda stole all of my old jokes. He got his inspiration from me.” PeopleWorldChildrenDifferentInspirationKidsMovingSeeingMilitaryNew YorkBrotherJokesPicksArmyMovedSouthExpectedCaliforniaQueensMy BrotherCrewHaircutsSeeing The WorldMidwestJamaicaOld Jokes Author:Joe Torry
“My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.” MenChildrenFatherHousePoorCompassionBrotherSickSlaveCharityTreatedServantBelongingTenderness Book:The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus Source: The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus
“So, my brother and I, over the last two years, went back through Scripture and pulled every (passage) we could in relation to parenting children, guarding their hearts, teaching them, loving them, being patient. And then we worked through 40 principles and wrote The Love Dare for Parents.” YearsHeartChildrenTwoLastsParentPrinciplesTeachingBrotherRelationPatientDareScriptureMy BrotherTwo YearsPassagesGuardingLove Dare Author:Alex Kendrick
“But say, my brothers, what can the child do that even the lion could not do? Why must the preying lion still become a child? The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a sacred 'Yes.' For the game of creation, my brothers, a sacred 'Yes' is needed: the spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers his own world.” WorldChildrenStillsSpiritGamesLostForgetCreationBrotherNeededSacredConquerInnocenceMy BrotherLionsNew Beginnings Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother.” HumansChildrenLittlesSeemsYoungMotherAnimalRaceBrotherHusbandFemaleResponsibleSpeciesMalesDelightPeacefulWelfareHuman RaceThoughtfulCombatMockYoung Children Author:Margaret Mead
“Dear Brothers and Sisters, Never resort to war! Never war! Above all, I think of all the children who are robbed of their hope for a better life and a decent future. Killed children, wounded children, mutilated children, orphans, children who play with remnants of war, instead of toys. Children who don't know how to smile. Please stop! I ask you with all my heart. It's time to stop. Stop it please!” ThinkingKnowsHeartChildrenWarPlayAsksKnow HowBrotherMy HeartPleaseDearDecentToysWoundedBrothers And SistersBetter LifeResortsOrphanRemnantsDear Brother Author:Pope Francis
“I feel terrible for a Palestinian child who dies. But, if it's your father, your brother or your uncle who was firing those rockets into Israel, whose fault is it really? Do you really expect the Israelis not to retaliate?” IfsFeelsChildrenDiesFatherBrotherTerribleFaultsIsraelPalestinianUnclesRocketsYour BrotherFiring Author:Bill Maher
“A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.” LoveMayChildrenMotherTurnsFatherFamilyEnemyWifeBrotherMomHusbandEndureMy MomDesertBrothers And SistersSisterHusband And WifeMother And DaughterMother LoveMother's LoveMother ProverbsMother ChildLove For My MotherWives And MothersMom And ChildGreatest Mom Author:Washington Irving
“My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs.” ChildrenLongSaidStoriesLaughingCuttingBrotherJokesCompetitionWitMy BrotherThey SaidLong Story Author:Stephen Colbert
“Oh, yeah. I grew up in Southern California in the 1960′s. It was very different. I was an only child as opposed to having siblings. My brothers all lived with my step-mom. I am very close to them, but we were not raised in the same house.” ChildrenDifferentHouseStepsBrotherGrewMomGrew UpYeahRaisedCaliforniaMy BrotherSouthern1960sSiblingOnly ChildSouthern California Author:David Cassidy
“In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in such a hostile and violent environment, how can we hope for a harmonious future for all people of this world? In this light, the purpose of human life is to achieve our own spiritual evolution, to get rid of negativity, to establish harmony among our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual quadrants, to learn to live in harmony within the family, community, nation, ..treating all of mankind as brothers and sisters.” PeopleWorldHumansChildrenLightSpiritualLife IsPurposeNationsCommunityLeaderEnvironmentAchieveMankindThis WorldEmotionalBrotherEvolutionIntellectualHarmonyRaisedViolentHuman LifeCivilizedOur FutureNegativityBrothers And SistersHostileHarmoniousSexuallySpiritual Evolution Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“I do want children. I study dads more. I watch what they go through. I admire my father more than I ever did and my brother and my sister.” WantChildrenFatherWatchesStudyBrotherDadAdmireMy BrotherMy Sister Author:Adam Sandler
“I tell you one thing that's great about children. They don't need a show to have fun. What do they need? A book of matches, some oily rags, a little brother... that's all they need.” NeedsChildrenLittlesBookShowsFunOne ThingBrotherHaving FunRagsLittle Brother Author:Dave Attell
“Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends.” WellsChildrenLittlesPartyBrotherMy FriendsMy BrotherBuddySlumberSlumber Party Author:Michael Jackson
“What makes me the happiest are the times I get together with my family, those times when I am with my children, grandchildren, my brothers and sisters and my very close friends, as well as when I am with my extended family in each one of my lectures and power journeys. My greatest joy is just to be alive!” WellsChildrenTogetherJoyAliveJourneyBrotherMy FamilyMy ChildrenMy BrotherGrandchildrenBrothers And SistersLecturesGet TogetherClose FriendsExtended Family Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Warner Brothers had to hire [a stunt double] and no one thought a child could do this. Billy Friedkin came to me before we were filming [The Exorcist] and said "if you do not do all of this film, the film will be a joke." It's why they stripped the makeup down to the bare minimum, a piece on my chin, piece across my mouth that disfigured my mouth. You have scars here. Take away my eyebrows. It was my real hair. Shampoo was put in it that dried.” IfsChildrenSaidRealFilmPiecesBrotherHairJokesMouthsMakeupScarMinimumEyebrowsChinsShampooExorcistWarner BrothersReal Hair Author:Linda Blair
“Blood doesn't make you family. Hell, an only child can bleed. It's the sharing of pain that makes you family. 'Cause, you can't really love a brother or sister until you know that they're as scarred and broken as you are. And, hey, if you grow up with a father like mine and you aren't at least a little scarred and broken, well then, that's not your father. You were spawned by an entirely different guy.” IfsKnowsWellsChildrenLittlesDifferentPainGuyFatherGrowsCausesHellGrowing UpBloodMinesBrotherBrokenHeyOnly ChildDifferent Guys Author:Christopher Titus
“I've read about myself and my husband and my family, to the point where they've called my parents, they've called my brothers, offering money to tell stories. They call friends of mine. I'd just like for them to just ... don't badger us. Don't scrutinize us. We have children and they have to live, too. It's not fair.” ChildrenStoriesParentMinesBrotherHusbandFairsMy FamilyMy BrotherMy HusbandOfferingNot FairScrutinizeBadgers Author:Whitney Houston
“I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan and Iraq are being overwhelmed by those fleeing the conflict in Syria, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Many are severely tortured - abused women and their traumatized children whose husbands, fathers, and brothers have been killed or permanently disabled.” ChildrenLongHas BeensTodayFatherBrotherHusbandConflictClothesLong TimeIraqPalestinianSyriaRefugeeOverwhelmedTurkeysIsraeliDisabledJordanFleeingLebanonAbused WomenBeing OverwhelmedFather And BrotherPalestinian Refugees Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if she is very strict and everything is very regimented and ordered and disciplined, that they will become the perfect children who her own children did not become.” IfsChildrenTwoPerfectImagineBrotherRaisesRaisedGrandmotherHallsImagine ThatStrictEleanorTwo BrothersPerfect Child Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“There was a big age difference between me and my brothers - about 10 years - so I was an only child for a long time. I used to hang out a lot on my own. I played a lot of weird games with a lot of imaginary people. I guess it's kind of roleplaying.” PeopleYearsKindChildrenLongBigsAgeUsedGamesDifferencesMy OwnBrotherLong TimeMy BrotherHanging OutImaginaryOnly ChildAge Difference Author:Noel Fielding
“When my brother was a child, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn't get it - he was two or three years old and kept saying he wanted to be in the box. She finally realized he was talking about the television.” YearsChildrenTwoWantedThreeTalkingTelevisionBrotherMomBoxesMy MomMy BrotherThree YearsThree Year Olds Author:Aldis Hodge
“For my father the one calamity was that my brother and sister and I never learned to swim. My father, who was very macho, was a strong swimmer and was terribly disappointed to have children who didn't swim. Once when my mother was sitting in a beach chair - I can still see the big umbrella - she called to my father, "Throw them in! Throw them in! They'll swim!" So he did. Then he looked down, and there were the three Sendak children lying perfectly still underwater, not fighting for life!” ChildrenStillsI CanBigsLyingMotherFightingThreeFatherStrongBrotherSittingDown AndBeachMy BrotherChairsSwimDisappointedBrothers And SistersCalamityUmbrellaMachoSwimmerUnderwater Author:Maurice Sendak
“I'm an only child. Which is kind of bad, because having a brother or sister is like another form of friendship. That's something I've missed out on, except I know that I couldn't be doing what I am doing now if I had brothers and sisters.” IfsKnowsKindChildrenFormBrotherBrothers And SistersOnly Child Author:Natalie Portman
“When you've got a mother who's given birth to eight children, you know, often without any kind of medical intervention - just she gave birth to one of my brothers sort of on the bedroom floor in front of all of us -you know, you see that women are fairly capable.” KnowsKindChildrenMotherGivenFrontsBrotherBirthCapableEightMedicalMy BrotherBedroomIntervention Author:Caitlin Moran
“I have a cousin, a second cousin, who lives in L.A., and she was with me while I was getting ready. She was talking about her father and his brothers. And I remember my mother's tales of how competitive they were with each other and how they would play for blood, you know. And I thought - I'm an only child, and I don't know what that's like. I have to figure out the Southern thing.” KnowsChildrenPlayRememberMotherFatherTalkingBloodFiguresReadyBrotherTalesSouthernCousinOnly Child Author:Cynthia Nixon
“In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself. None of us went into business. None of us became powerful people like that. All of us pursued our own passions and our own interests. One of my brothers was filmmaker. One of my brothers was a teacher. My sister was a librarian.” PeopleWayTryingChildrenLittlesPassionInterestPowerfulTeacherBrotherMarkOur ChildrenYour ChildrenFilmmakerMy BrotherMy SisterPursuedLibrarianGood ParentGood ParentingKnockoffs Author:Bill Ayers
“My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.” PeopleYearsChildrenKidsBornBrotherMomTenMovedSevenMy MomSeven YearsOnly Child Author:Ryan McGinley
“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door, and when I opened it, there was Steven. He's been like a brother ever since.” IfsKindChildrenPersonsHomeWould BeUnderstandingDoorsBrotherMetsOne DayPhotographerFriendlyDetroitKind Person Author:Patti Smith
“George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element.” ChildrenIdeasWantedFatherNamesEasyBrotherElementsEnglandGreekGood Ideas Author:George Michael
“I'm a middle child, which is probably why I chose to be an actress. I needed the attention. I've got one older sister and a younger brother.” ChildrenAttentionMiddleBrotherNeededActressesOlder SisterYounger BrotherMiddle Child Author:Nell Hudson
“During the Month of Ramadan, you should be more careful of the words that you speak to your wife, to your children, to your neighbors, in the councils that you are a part of. That counsel should always be that I want for my brother what I want for myself.” ChildrenSpeakWifeBrotherOur ChildrenCarefulNeighborYour ChildrenMy Brother Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Christians believe that God created man, and humanists believe that man invented God. But whichever way you look at it, we're brothers and sisters. Either we're brothers and sisters because we're children of God, or because we've banded together to invent God. So the ethics of the humanist and the ethics of some Christians are very similar. And we don't want to create divisions between humanists and Liberation Theologians, any more than we want between the New Worker and the Trots. It's not helpful.” MenBelieveChildrenChristianTogetherBrotherEthicsLiberationHelpfulHumanistBrothers And SistersTheologianChild Of God Author:Tony Benn
“One of the biggest problems I found with Irish politics and the economic thing was after the war, after World War II, most of the European countries started to develop economically and socially, but whatever way the Catholic church they took a grip and they almost governed the country. I mean, we were almost like a dictatorship. There is good and bad, but we experienced an awful lot of bad, especially from the institutions that taught children the Christian brothers, etc.” WorldMeanChildrenWarCountryProblemChristianChurchEconomicBrotherCatholicWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IDictatorshipGood And Bad Author:Gavin Friday
“I'm a believer of destiny and I believe I'm destiny's child. I've seen the highs and I've seen the lows and I believe things happen for a reason and always for the best. Maybe this was all meant to be and maybe Big Brother worked as a catalyst in a bigger issue like racism, which was important to be broached. Maybe it had to happen this way and I'm glad that I could help it.” BelieveChildrenImportantReasonHelpingI BelieveDestinyBrotherRacismBelieverGladThings HappenMeant To Be Author:Shilpa Shetty
“Whether you like it or not, the definition of family has changed. We have same-sex marriages now. We have more people who live together and have children even if they're not married. We have so many different definitions of family. I've got clients who have brothers and sisters living with them in the house, helping them raise their kids. It's a much wider definition now.” PeopleChildrenDifferentHelpingKidsTogetherHouseChangedBrotherMarriedBrothers And SistersYou Like It Author:Laura Wasser
“The idea of legitimacy is something I suppose I deal with in my fiction, and in part it's probably a response to my upbringing. When I was growing up I was the middle child, pathologically shy, in a family with a very loud and opinionated older brother, and I felt as if I never had the right to speak. As a result, I simply didn't speak very much.” ChildrenSpeakGrowing UpBrotherResponseShyUpbringingOlder Brother Author:Lauren Groff
“My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.” ChildrenDifferentMotherParentEnjoyStudyBrotherTypeLessonsSixMy BrotherConcertsDifferent Types Of MusicMusic Lessons Author:Wynton Marsalis
“I don't want children cursing. I'm very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music.” WantChildrenLittlesBrotherCleanVersionsStrictCursingNieceLittle BrotherMy Little BrotherMy Niece Author:Nicki Minaj
“I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.” YearsChildrenStillsParentBloodBrotherBabyDadDiedSevenRelatedPilotsAdoptedCousinSeven YearsAirlineMy CousinAirline PilotsBrother Died Author:Gary Numan
“When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'” PeopleWantNeedsWritingLooksChildrenStillsI CanHelpingDreamWalksMillionsNovelBrotherLateToo LateShoreFarmsFloridaLook At MeBrothers And SistersNeed Help Author:Diana Nyad
“I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalChildrenPersonsWinningPrinciplesSeeingBrotherGayOur ChildrenProfoundWorkersTreatedRecognitionCousinTransgenderCo WorkerPersonal Leadership Author:Barack Obama
“I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that the baby gets. And my older brothers were getting into so much trouble that I was left in the middle, doing plays. I was up to no good, but my mother didn't know it!” KnowsChildrenPlayMotherLeftAttentionTroubleMiddleBrotherBabyOlder BrotherMiddle Child Author:John C. Reilly
“Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.” ChildrenSpeakFeltSupportRocksBrotherMy BrotherRock N RollTwelvePlatformsBrothers And SistersMamaSister Author:Little Richard