“I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He’s my cousin by birth and my brother in music.” IfsBoysFireBrotherBirthAuthorityPartnersBeachMy BrotherCousinEmployersWilsonBrianMy CousinBeach Boys Author:Mike Love
“I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother and child, like the Schmoo salt and pepper shakers, or brother and sister like the Birdie salt and peppers, or cousins, like most of my dinnerware sets.” ChildrenMotherPiecesDesignObjectsBrotherSaltBrothers And SistersCousinPeppersMother And ChildShakersSalt And Pepper Author:Eva Zeisel
“In Afghanistan, you don't understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody, an uncle to somebody. You are part of something bigger than yourself.” IndividualSonBrotherBiggerAfghanistanUnclesCousinSomething Bigger Than Yourself Author:Khaled Hosseini
“In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be uncles, brothers-in-law, or cousins to each other. This was pleasant and gave great consistency to the party; but the system has now gone out of vogue.” LawPoliticalPartyGoneBrotherFormerPleasantConsistencyUnclesCousinIn-lawsVoguePolitical LifeBrother In Law Book:Phineas Redux Source: Phineas Redux
“When we are inclined to boast of our position [as Christians] we should remember that we are but Gentiles, while the Jews are of the lineage of Christ. We are aliens and in-laws; they are blood relatives, cousins, and brothers of our Lord. Therefore, if one is to boast of flesh and blood the Jews are actually nearer to Christ than we are.” IfsShouldChristianRememberLawChristLordBloodPositionBrotherJewFleshAliensBoastCousinOur LordIn-lawsFlesh And BloodLineageGentilesBlood Relatives Book:The Christian in society Source: The Christian in society
“Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.” FootballBrotherManagersSoccerCoastCousinChairmanIvoryPorto Author:Jose Mourinho
“My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family of musicians. My grandmother's sister in Puerto Rico plays five instruments.” PlayShowsSidesFiveBrotherDadMusicianInstrumentsMy DadMy BrotherGrandmotherMy GrandmotherShow BusinessCousinMy CousinPuerto RicoMarioRico Author:Irene Cara
“Afghans excel at fighting Afghans. This is what Afghans do, even when they are not being invaded by foreign powers. They fight each other, tribe against tribe, brother against brother, half-brother against half-brother, cousin against cousin, uncle against nephew, father against son.” FightingFatherHalfSonBrotherMiddle EastUnclesTribesCousinNephew Book:An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir Source: An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir
“I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, its just another normal.” PeopleThinkingWould BeCommunityHalfBrotherGayMembersNormalPrejudiceLgbtSay AnythingCousinAbnormalGay MenHypocriticalLgbt Community Author:Lea Salonga
“I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.'” ThinkingWorldFatherBrotherColourCreedsUnclesCousinJerkDallas Author:Larry Hagman
“Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.” TwoBrotherLaysEightMy BrotherCousinSave NatureTwo Brothers Author:John B. S. Haldane
“Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us. Brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins can make a powerful difference in the lives of children. Remember that the expression of love and encouragement from an extended family member will often provide the right influence and help a child at a critical time.” NeedsChildrenHelpingRememberDifferencesPowerfulSupportInfluenceBrotherExpressionMembersEncouragementInstitutionsCriticalSurroundUnclesGrandparentBrothers And SistersCousinAuntFamily MembersExtended FamilyExpressions Of LoveAunts And UnclesHelp And Support Author:M. Russell Ballard
“Cousins are people that are ready made friends, you have laughs with them and remember good times from a young age, you have fights with them but you always know you love each other, they are a better thing than brothers and sisters and friends cause there all pieced together as one.” PeopleKnowsMadeAgeTogetherRememberYoungFightingCausesLaughingReadyBrotherGood TimesBrothers And SistersCousinYoung AgeLove Each OtherHave A LaughTogether As OneSisters And Friends Author:Courteney Cox
“As you may know from my life story, my cousin who was my soul mate went to a public school. And he died of AIDS. Would I and my brother have been able to resist the lure of drugs in the surrounding schools? Who knows.” KnowsMayHas BeensSoulStoriesAbleSchoolBrotherDrugDiedAidsMy SoulMy BrotherMatesCousinPublic SchoolSoul MateLife StoryLureMy CousinMy Soul Mate Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“If a man is both wise and lucky, he will not make the same mistake twice. But he will make any one of ten thousand brothers or cousins of the original.” IfsMenMistakeWiseBrotherThousandLuckyTenOriginalsCousinSame Mistakes Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I think that's almost been part of Australian culture, which is why I think Movember is really important. We need to change that outlook.” ThinkingNeedsImportantCultureFatherIssuesBrotherGrandfatherUnclesOutlookCousinNeglectedAustralianNeed A ChangeHealth IssuesAustralian Culture Author:James Magnussen
“I grew up with a lot of brothers and male cousins, so I had to worm my way in to get heard. But that's sort of what excites me.” WayHeardBrotherGrewGrew UpMalesMy WayWormsCousin Author:Liz Phair
“One of the stories that dominates our family literature was the fact that my maternal grandfather contracted for - I don't know under what terms - but, for a large section of the old slave plantation. He established himself - sisters and brothers, cousins, etc. on fifty- and sixty-acre plots.” KnowsFactsStoriesLiteratureTermBrotherSlaveOur FamilyFiftyEtcPlotGrandfatherSixtySectionsBrothers And SistersCousinAcresPlantations Author:Ella Baker
“I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and a lot of brothers and sisters and distant cousins and all that.” ThinkingFeelsCountryReadingFatherLiteratureBrotherGrewGrew UpBrothers And SistersCousinStepfathersChileans Author:Alejandro Zambra
“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
“I did see [in Afghanistan] plenty that reminded me of my childhood. I recognised my old neighbourhood, saw my old school, streets where I had played with my brother and cousins.” SchoolSawsStreetsChildhoodBrotherPlentyMy BrotherAfghanistanCousinOld SchoolNeighbourhoods Author:Khaled Hosseini
“You found an uncle on one side and a nephew on the other, a cousin here and a cousin there. Besides it's still true today. I'll tell you something else. There was a time when even two ambassadors to Switzerland, the one from India and the one from Pakistan, were two blood brothers. Oh, the Partition imposed on us by the British was so unnatural!” StillsTwoTodayFoundSidesBloodBrotherIndiaBritishUnclesPakistanCousinUnnaturalAmbassadorsSwitzerlandNephewPartitionBlood Brothers Author:Indira Gandhi
“I was a tomboy running around in the garden. I used to play on a local cricket team. I grew up with all boy cousins, for the most part, and my brother.” PlayRunningUsedBoysTeamBrotherGrewGrew UpGardenLocalsMy BrotherCricketCousin Author:Felicity Jones
“I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass. My whole family has always pushed the arts, you know? My brother is a doctor of music and my cousin is an opera singer over in Austria. Arts were always a big thing in our family.” KnowsYearsArtWholeBigsBrotherTenDoctorsJazzRaisedSingersPianoOur FamilyMy BrotherOperaTwelveBig ThingsCousinBassJazz MusicWhole FamilySaxophoneMy CousinAustriaOpera Singers Author:Matt Snell
“I was a tomboy running around in the garden. I used to play on a local cricket team. I grew up with all boy cousins, for the most part, and my brother. My mother was in the kind of late-sixties, early-seventies origins of female emancipation. And she was very much like, "You're not going to be defined by how you look. It's going to be about who you are and what you do."” KindRunningMotherBoysTeamBrotherLike YouFemaleGardenWho You AreMy BrotherCousinEmancipation Author:Felicity Jones
“My whole childhood when I was growing up, Michael Jackson was my husband. My cousins had Jackie Jackson and my sister had Jermaine Jackson. We all had the brothers, but Michael was my husband. So, to me, in my little 6-year-old or 13-year-old brain I'm talking to my husband. I don't want to get over excited. I don't want to sound too much like a screaming fan.” BrainGrowing UpChildhoodBrotherHusbandExcitedMy HusbandMy SisterCousin Author:Siedah Garrett
“I was Gator in Jungle Fever, and Chris Rock played Pookie, and those showed two very different dynamics of what crackheads were. Mine was more about the family relationships. So when people sat there and got that, they can sit there and say, "Oh, man, that's my friend." Or "That's my brother." Or cousin or somebody. They empathize, or they had something that they could latch onto, in that particular movie, of my story, and go with it.” PeopleMenDifferentBrotherSatMy BrotherCousinJungleFamily Relationship Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.” ThinkingMenWellsMotherGuyFourBrotherDaughterRaisedBunchCousinOnly DaughterFour Brothers Author:Alicia Machado
“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
“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