“When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.” IfsTryingLittlesUseKidsBitsBoysBrotherNeededLittle BitFeministMy BrotherHammersAlways TryingLawnsSkateboardingSnowboardingMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Daria Werbowy
“After my parents divorced, my father remarried and my brothers were born when I was twelve and sixteen. I was thunderstruck at these kids. The "baby-ness" of them. Their toes. I had never been around babies before.” KidsFatherParentBornBrotherBabyMy BrotherTwelveToesDivorcedSixteen Author:Leigh Newman
“My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps and programs for autistic kids. When I went to McGill as an undergraduate, I figured I'd be a therapist working with these kids. The truth is, and I knew this even back then, I'm just not good at this. I'm too empathic to do this sort of thing.” KidsBrotherTruth IsProgramTeenagerMy BrotherCampsTherapistsAutisticUndergraduate Author:Paul Bloom
“If you say, "Woo, woo, woo!" to me, I'll say it back. I love it. "Woo, woo, woo" is something that my character used to say. It's something that my mother used to say to my brother and me when we were kids. When words would fail her, she'd just go, "Oh, woo, woo, woo." It's compassion. It's a combination of "I see you, I feel you, I acknowledge you, I got your back."” IfsFeelsCharacterKidsUsedMotherCompassionFailingBrotherCombinationAcknowledgeMy BrotherGot Your BackAcknowledge You Author:Kim Coles
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap
“I go to therapy once a week, that helps a lot. I have a really supportive family. I have two little kids, I'm married, I live close to my parents, my brother and his wife. I don't socialize a lot. I work and I have my kids, basically. I'm just, I would say, with all false modesty aside, I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.” LittlesTwoHelpingKidsParentWifeWeekBrotherMarriedTherapyMy BrotherMy TimeEfficientModestySupportiveLittle KidFalse ModestySupportive Family Author:Mark Duplass
“I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically.” Has BeensWholeKidsTodaySchoolArtistGuyCoursesTalkingBoysBrotherEvidenceFingersMy BrotherRelevantCrewLifelongPulseThat GuyAlchemistLifelong Friends Author:Shane Bunting
“My brother and I spent countless hours as kids playing with our dad's home camera, we would create little sketches and movies and talk shows. But it wasn't until I was 10 that I started considering that I could do it as a job.” LittlesShowsHomeKidsJobsHoursBrotherDadCamerasMy BrotherConsideringTalk ShowsKids Playing Author:Jade Hassoune
“My brother is the lifelong musician, he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in the house - he's nine years older than me.” WritingYearsMadeKidsRememberYoungChoicesHouseBrotherListeningBandMusicianNineMy BrotherLifelongNine Years Author:Kevin Bacon
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyGamesNew YorkMinesBrotherSmartBeatsHigh SchoolMy BrotherThis GuyCrushedBrooklynSmart KidBrooklyn New York Author:Maurice Ashley
“I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.” ArtKidsYoungFootballBrotherBasketballBaseballMy BrotherMartial ArtsIntimidatedTaekwondo Author:Robbie Lawler
“I tell my kids, "Look, your life is a video game, and I have to get you from level zero to 18 as an independent person with all your skills and limbs intact. Every time you hit your brother or throw food, you're taking us all back."” LooksPersonsKidsLife IsGamesLevelsBrotherSkillsIndependentVideoZeroLimbsYour BrotherIndependent Person Author:Julie Bowen
“I think it was a matter of, like, I'm not going to have my kids in these wild streets. Both my twin brother and I were in art school together.” ThinkingArtMatterKidsSchoolTogetherStreetsBrotherTwinsArt SchoolTwin Brother Author:Kehinde Wiley
“Being a kid, by the time I was three years old, my mom was married, divorced and had three kids; she was 19 - so, my brother's just older than my mom.” YearsKidsThreeBrotherMomMarriedMy MomMy BrotherThree YearsDivorcedThree Year OldsBeing A Kid Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.” KidsCommunityGrowing UpGrowingBrotherEightMy BrotherBrothers And SistersSuburbs Author:Ryan McGinley
“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
“When I came to the United States in 1975 I was eleven, and within a few months my voice broke. I recited commercials like a parrot and I got yelled at quite often. My older brother one night said, "You speak so much English when you're not supposed to, that's why your vocal chords shattered. Now you sound like a duck." I thought it was true. I went from this sweet-voiced Vietnamese kid who spoke Vietnamese and French to this craggy-voiced teenager.” SaidStatesKidsNightSpeakSoundVoiceUnitedUnited StatesSweetBrotherMonthsBrokeTeenagerSpokesDucksChordsVocalOne NightElevenShatteredParrotsOlder BrotherVietnamese Author:Andrew Lam
“Outside from with my older brother - and this would have stopped about age 12 - I haven't been in a physical fight in my life. We used to punch each other, but that was little kid punching. You're too scared to hit anybody really.” LittlesKidsAgeUsedFightingHavensBrotherScaredLittle KidOlder BrotherPunching Author:Andy Richter
“When I was a young kid, my dad, a man of few words, told my brother and me, "Boys, Christmas is about Jesus." I thought about what he said, and I began asking the Christmas questions. I've been asking them ever since. I love the answers I've found.” MenSaidKidsYoungFoundJesusAnswersBoysBrotherDadAskingMy DadMy BrotherFew Words Author:Max Lucado
“I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates. Joe and Gil Cates were the Cates brothers. Gil produced the Oscars for many years. Joe produced a lot of comedy specials, Steve Martin specials, and he discovered me, this 18-year-old kid.” YearsMindKidsGuyTakenComedyBrotherOscars Author:David Copperfield
“I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.” I CanBookKidsFansBrotherClaimsComicMy BrotherComic BookGeekAvid Author:Anna Kendrick
“I literally didn't know my father. My mother had been a secretary, and after she and my father split, she went back to work for an advertising executive. So my older brother and I were "latch-door kids." We went home for lunch and after school by ourselves.” KnowsHomeKidsSchoolMotherFatherDoorsBrotherAdvertisingExecutivesLunchSplitsSecretaryBack To WorkOlder BrotherAfter SchoolLatches Author:George Carlin
“When I was in seventh grade, I was caught stealing money from the visiting team's locker room during a basketball game. So I was sent to The Brothers. That's what they called this parochial school up in Goshen, New York. I was supposed to get closer supervision there and more "masculine influence," whatever that means. But I was thrown out for telling a couple of really lame kids on the playground that I had heroin.” MeanKidsSchoolGamesRoomsTeamInfluenceNew YorkBrotherCoupleBasketballCaughtStealingGradesThrownMasculineVisitingHeroinLamePlaygroundsLockersLocker RoomSupervisionBasketball GameSeventh Grade Author:George Carlin
“I always knew about as a kid, knew that that particular injury at [my grandfather's] finger had been caused in that disaster that killed his brother-in-law, my grandmother's brother. And he never talked about his own brother's death to me. My mother told me about that and told me about the impact on her family. And that's part of what you hear in the first verse of "Miner's Prayer."” FirstsKidsLawMotherPrayerParticularBrotherImpactFingersDisasterInjuryGrandmotherGrandfatherVersesMy GrandmotherMy GrandfatherIn-lawsMinersBrother In Law Author:Dwight Yoakam
“We've [me and brother] been playing hockey for a long time, since we were little kids. I started playing hockey at two and a half. Obviously, playing hockey we want to be known as good hockey players and hard working guys that earn everything they get.” WantLittlesLongTwoHardKidsGuyHalfKnownPlayerBrotherHard WorkLong TimeHockeyLittle KidHockey PlayerPlaying HockeyGood Hockey Author:P. K. Subban
“We [the Subban brothers] are role models to a lot of kids, not just black kids, but all kids out there and that's what we want to be known for.” WantKidsBlackKnownRolesBrotherModelsRole Models Author:P. K. Subban
“The thing I see happening is that there's a real compression between generations. There used to be about 20 years difference (in technology use). Now you talk to 15-year-old kids and their 9-year-old brother or sister is using stuff that they don't understand.” YearsRealUseKidsUsedStuffDifferencesTechnologyGenerationsBrotherHappeningsUsed To BeCompression Author:Paul Saffo
“I feel like I'm not living a life different than anyone else. You know, I live in a house with 5 kids and a wife, but I also travel on the road with a band of brothers, just doing life. I am a member of a church, but it's almost like it's a little church on our bus. It's about trying to pursue God and stay faithful to Him in this crazy world.” KnowsWorldFeelsTryingLittlesDifferentKidsHouseChurchWifeCrazyBrotherBandMembersPursueFaithfulBusCrazy WorldThis Crazy World Author:TobyMac
“Being raised on a boat felt like it was totally normal to me. I was just another kid hanging out, doing this and that. My girlfriend and I had a funny period of time where I was always wanting to hug her all the time. I looked at my brother and he's the same way. It wasn't that our family was necessarily more affectionate than others. It was that we were basically sitting on top of each other, or side by side squished in together all the time. Because the boat was that small. It became part of our nature to be close to people.” PeopleKidsTogetherBrotherBoatOur FamilyGirlfriendMy BrotherHanging OutHugMy GirlfriendAffectionate Author:Jherek Bischoff
“I always grew up around acting. I did commercials as a kid and all that kind of stuff and my oldest brother did theatre in High School. It's funny, when I was 15 I had a friend of mine who dragged me away to a camp at Boston University. It was the first time truthfully that acting didn't feel presentational; it felt very personal. I didn't just feel like I was singing and dancing for my friends in High School. It felt like I was doing a scene and all of a sudden I started to feeling something - I started to feel emotional.” KindFeelingsKidsSchoolActingEmotionalBrotherSceneSingingHigh SchoolFirst TimeDancingTheatre Author:Patrick Wilson
“There was a piano in my house, and my brother had taken lessons when I was a kid. I don't remember this, but my mom told me she came home one day and I had learned everything he had studied for a year, and I was playing it on the piano.” HomeKidsRememberHouseTakenBrotherMomOne DayMy MomMy Brother Author:Amber Rubarth
“When I met Harrison Ford I just kept thinking: "At what point do I break out my Star Wars memorabilia? When is it OK to have him sign something? Will he? And will I look like a total idiot!" The only time I ever got anything from another actor to sign was for my brother or my kids because both of my brothers are die-hard Star Wars fans.” ThinkingWarKidsBreakBrotherIdiotMy Brother Author:Patrick Wilson
“There was a guy with mental illness in the middle of the street just yelling and hollering. I have a number that I can call - it's not 911 - to tell them, "You need to help this man get out of the street." But you have to be that person, you have to pick up the phone, you have to do it; you can't just walk by and act like they're not people. They're somebody's kid, somebody's dad, somebody's brother.” PeopleMenHelpingKidsGuyBrotherDadIllnessMental Illness Author:Lori Petty
“My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York. I think my parents left France because they felt their kids would never be accepted by French culture. Here they thought we could feel American - that we could feel safe in that way - which was important to them, given what their experiences were in Iran. They used to joke about how I could be president because I was the only one born in America.” ThinkingImportantKidsCultureParentPresidentBrotherJokesMovedAcceptedMy Brother Author:Rostam Batmanglij
“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
“I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers, they're both artists and actors; and their work and the way they see the world inspires me. We've been making films together since we were kids, in our backyard.” WorldKidsTogetherFilmArtistInspireBrotherMy FamilyYounger Brother Author:Tatiana Maslany
“My brothers are so much a part of who I am, and such a large part of my heart and my drive. I've never had a kid, but I understand that whole, "I would kill for my family" kind of thing. I understood it, it resonated with me. It's a very primal, animal thing that you feel for your family.” HeartKindKidsAnimalBrotherMy HeartMy FamilyOur FamilyMy Brother Author:Tatiana Maslany
“Along the way, about certain things, you realize, "I don't know anything about this." You think, "Is this going to sound ridiculous?" So I pestered more than a hundred different people over the course of the book. And when I finished the book I gave it to six or seven trusted readers, who are always the same, but I also gave it to a brother of mine who's a doctor and I asked him to read it, and he was very helpful. It's good to have a group of trusted readers. As my kids have grown up, they've joined this group.” PeopleThinkingBookDifferentKidsRealizingBrotherSevenRidiculousHelpfulTrusted Author:Jaume Cabre
“I'm really interested in the current tech world because of my brother Michael. Since we were little kids, in the 1970s, he was dealing with the first computers. He works for the government. So I know both sides of this world. I found it so interesting and I do seek it out because it's very close to me. It's not a role that existed 15 to 20 years ago.” WorldKidsInterestingBrotherComputerMy BrotherLittle Kid Author:Jimmi Simpson
“As kids, my brother David and I longed for acceptance. We were desperate to belong. We would have been thrilled to see the pews of Jones's church in San Francisco, with blacks and whites sitting side by side. And Jim Jones's sermons on social justice and equality would have had much greater appeal to us than the soporific morality tales we were accustomed to hearing. Jones promised real racial equality. He promised to create a truly equal community in the jungle in Guyana.” RealKidsCommunityChurchJusticeAcceptanceBrotherMoralityEqualSocial JusticeMy BrotherDesperateJungle Author:Julia Scheeres
“Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.” KnowsKidsFormParentBrotherLateSpouseBrothers And SistersSiblingSisterYour BrotherMy SiblingsBrother SisterSiblings SistersCute SiblingSiblings BrothersSiblings Sisters And BrothersFunny Brother And SisterFunny Brother SisterCute Brother And SisterFunny SiblingSisters FriendshipCute Brother SisterSibling Day Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.” KnowsYearsKidsWantedJobsLanguageParentBrotherMomDadHarderMy DadMy MomMy BrotherBetter LifeBetter Jobs Author:Mila Kunis
“Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt.” IfsLittlesBookPlayKidsHurtAirBrotherMercyDown AndExcitementRisingLeapCrashLittle KidOlder BrotherUp In The AirRising UpSeesaw Author:Anne Lamott
“I love playing the bad guy getting away with stuff. I was that kid who learned from my older brothers who got away with everything by smiling.” KidsGuyStuffBrotherGet AwayBad GuysOlder Brother Author:Kellan Lutz
“I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.” ArtKidsCarBrotherWeaponsBeatsTrainingGunToughDrivingMartial ArtsKnivesMotorcycleOlder BrotherFast CarMixed Martial ArtsDriving Fast Author:Kellan Lutz
“I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine.” KidsChristianMinesBrotherHeroFablesGrimmBrothers Grimm Author:Michael Morpurgo
“One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.” KidsPoliticalBornLevelsBrotherHatredDifficultyMy BrotherContemptExposedMy Sister Author:Toni Morrison
“People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.” PeopleIfsFeelsKidsBrotherAddLifestyleTrappedMaking ChangesMortgageComplacentRuts Author:Jeremy Renner