“My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.” MatterFatherTaughtGrewGrew UpStrictUnclesLike Family Author:Mariano Rivera
“I don't write about the intimate details of my cousins and aunts and uncles, and my mother and my father because it's not right to, for me.” WritingMotherFatherDetailsIntimateUnclesCousinAuntMy CousinAunts And Uncles Author:Anne Lamott
“The purpose of a fishing trip is not to catch fish. Bringing home meat is important, but it is more symbolic than necessary, as the new morality of catch-and-release has shown. What is important is what happens between people on fishing trips, especially between uncles and nephews, fathers and sons, old men in general and young boys in particular, it is one of the few times men are together without women.” PeopleMenImportantHomeHappensTogetherYoungPurposeFatherBoysSeaParticularSonMoralityRiversFishesBoatReleaseMeatLakesFishingOld ManUnclesSymbolicFather And SonNephew Author:Paul G. Quinnett
“My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney Island. Now, don't get the impression that we were surrounded by merry-go-rounds, roller coasters and Ferris wheels. Nope, this was a little side street.” FirstsLittlesFatherSidesStreetsMy FamilyRoundsStoresImpressionIslandsWheelsApartmentUnclesMerryBrooklynHardwareRoller CoasterCoastersMerry Go RoundFerris WheelsConey Island Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“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
“Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his amorous passions was never diverted from their lawful objects. The proud titles of Imperial greatness were adorned by the tender names of a faithful husband, an indulgent father; his uncle was raised, by his affectionate esteem, to the rank of a second parent.” PassionFatherNamesSocialParentPleasureHistoryObjectsGreatnessProudHusbandTablesRaisedEsteemSensualEnjoyedTitlesFaithfulWarmthExcessUnclesRoman EmpireAffectionateChasteAmorous Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V3: the History Focus Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V3: the History Focus
“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
“I came out of a culture in which my uncle, my father - they were all salesmen of one kind or another. My father was a manufacturer. He also, in effect, had to sell that stuff. And if he didn't literally do it, his men did. So, selling was in the air through my boyhood. The whole idea of successfully selling was very important.” IfsMenKindImportantIdeasWholeCultureFatherStuffAirEffectsSellsSellingUnclesSalesmanBoyhood Author:Arthur Miller
“Before me, my grandfathers, my uncles and my father were all boxers because Native Americans had to box in boarding schools. But in my time, when I grew up in Lawton Oklahoma, we didn't have boxing. I was a wrestler.” SchoolFatherGrewGrew UpBoxesMy TimeBoxingNativeGrandfatherNative AmericanUnclesMy GrandfatherBoxersOklahomaWrestler Author:George Tahdooahnippah