“[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two hours where we spoke as brothers, sincerely and no one knows what was spoke about, only what we said at the end publicly about how we felt as we spoke.” KnowsSaidTwoEndsAgeFeltHoursBrotherConversationOld AgeMy BrotherSpokesOrthodoxSincerelyPatriarch Author:Pope Francis
“I grew up with a sense of tolerance. I don't know that there was any talk about gender differences. It was respect for people. So when I became a professional and saw that there were a lot of differences in the sense of how people lived their lives, I became respectful of their territory, of their thoughts and their ideas, and it was never a problem for me to feel that this is my sister, this is my brother.” PeopleKnowsFeelsIdeasProblemDifferencesSawsBrotherGrewGrew UpGenderToleranceMy BrotherTerritoryMy SisterRespectfulGender Differences Author:David C. Driskell
“Why did I decide to become an actor ? I decided because my brother helped me decide. I knew nothing about the entertainment industry, and never thought I actually would. I never had an interest in it. I grew up not watching many movies or rarely watching TV.” ActorsInterestBrotherTvsGrewIndustryGrew UpDecidedEntertainmentMy BrotherEntertainment IndustryWatching Tv Author:George Stults
“I have lunch with my friend who works for a theatrical agent and her and I were sitting there eating lunch on Sunset Boulevard and a woman who was a theatrical agent drove by and saw me and jumped out of the car and ran up and handed me her card. I had no idea this happens or would happen and I didn't know what to expect out of it. And my brother said alright you better call her and I said alright, why not? So that's pretty much how we got our first agent and then we started taking acting classes.” KnowsFirstsSaidIdeasHappensActingClassSawsCarBrotherEatingSittingMy FriendsCardsAgentsNo IdeaRanMy BrotherSunsetWhy NotLunchAlrightTheatricalActing ClassesBoulevardSunset BoulevardEating Lunch Author:George Stults
“I think my brother is good coach,because he's Jim. He's a good decision maker. He makes good judgments. He's got a vision. He's got a picture of what he wants it to look like. He's not worried about what other people think. He's not afraid to be himself. He's a good person and he cares about people. He wants them to do well so that they can shine, not for any other reason than that they can be their very best.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsLooksPersonsReasonCareDecisionVisionBrotherJudgmentShiningCoachesWorriedMy BrotherMakersNot AfraidGood PersonGood DecisionGood JudgmentDecision MakersGood Coaches Author:John Harbaugh
“The hardship, the pain, the suffering of my brother and my son in prison, that's absolutely their experience, that's not mine. I don't get any credit for enduring that. I never give myself any credit for enduring that.” GivingPainSufferingSonBrotherPrisonEndureMy BrotherMy SonHardship Author:John Edgar Wideman
“The truth is, my father stopped bothering me after Stigmata, because I got to play a priest. That fulfilled his dream. The cop thing was a little overdone to him because my brother was already a police officer.” DreamFatherBrotherTruth IsPoliceBotherMy BrotherCopPolice Officer Author:Enrico Colantoni
“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 favorite thing is watching people watch The Hollars movie and then come up to me and say whether they went through an experience like that or they went through an experience nothing like that, but it still was their mom or "that was my brother" or whatever it was - that's great.” PeopleBrotherMomMy FavoriteMy Brother Author:John Krasinski
“My brother is like, "You are a Victoria's Secret Angel?" He cannot believe it. When I told him the first time he was like, "You? On that catwalk?" So it's such an amazing surprise for me in my career to be able to do this.” BelieveSecretBrotherLike YouAngelFirst TimeSurpriseMy Brother Author:Elsa Hosk
“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
“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
“My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails.” CuttingCollegeBrotherMembersMy BrotherNailsPhysiciansSurgeons Book:Name Dropping Source: Name Dropping
“I'm really lucky to have my brother because I know a lot of teenagers, and even adults, aren't as close to their siblings. Working in Hollywood definitely does bring us together and gives us something to connect on. I had an audition yesterday and he came by before and ran my sides with me. Being able to work on things together is really cool and it gives us something to have in common.” GivingTogetherCommonBrotherLuckyTeenagerRanMy BrotherSiblingReally Cool Author:Ellery Sprayberry
“It's nice to have some perspective, when you are just touring, touring, touring, it becomes kind of a crazy experience. But, when I have time off and live my life at home, and then I get back to the airport and I am back with my whole family again. My brother, my band, my tour manager and sound guy get to re-unite, it's kind of an uplifting feeling to be rolling with such a crew and so much gear from country to country. It feels good.” KindCountryFeelingsHomeGuyNiceCrazyBrotherPerspectiveFeel GoodUpliftingMy BrotherLiving My Life Author:Justin Nozuka
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” LifeWisdomMotivationalTogetherExistenceHistoryLearningGreatnessBrotherFoolKingsDiversityRacismRespectLaborPhilosophicalUnityEqualityCaringBrilliantToleranceCivil RightsLive LifeMy BrotherIslamicSelf RespectPearls Of WisdomBrotherhoodSolidarityFoolishnessTogethernessRespecting OthersTeam BuildingPeace And JusticeLove And RespectMulticulturalUnity In DiversityAntithesisGreat RespectLiving TogetherLabor DayBeing TogetherPerishingLove RespectRepublic DayFools And WiseWorld ReligionsI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechKings And LoveLabour DayHappy Labor DayPeace And ToleranceTolerance And RespectPeace And UnityLearning From OthersCute BrotherLabour Day WeekendFunny Labor DayHuman DiversityAfrican American Civil RightsTolerance And DiversityBrotherhood And PeaceOther People's Actions Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“My brother, who's my acting coach, he can be like, "That sucked, Chloe. You need to pick that up. You're not thinking right now. Seriously, think." It's a good harsh reality, because my family keeps me very grounded.” ThinkingRealityActingBrotherMy FamilyCoachesMy BrotherHarsh Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“My brother is what got me into the show business. So it's a really great relationship we have. Our whole family is - we're thick as thieves.” BrotherMy BrotherReally GreatShow BusinessGreat Relationship Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“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
“My brother was told that he wouldn't walk, that he wouldn't be able to play drums, that he wouldn't be able to race a car - and he's done all those things. He's defied the odds, defied disability. I look at him and I'm so inspired, by his mentality and by how incredible the body and the mind are. There's really nothing you can't do. My brother has proved that.” MindDoneCarBrotherInspiredIncrediblesMy BrotherDisabilityMentality Author:Lewis Hamilton
“I try to pay as little attention as possible to people who are not part of my team. What counts for me is what my father says, because he is my coach. I listen to my brother and my fitness coach. I don't care about anyone else.” PeopleTryingCareFatherAttentionTeamBrotherCoachesMy Brother Author:Alexander Zverev
“My brother, who's a few years older then me, went to college in New York. He said all of these people from Saturday Night Live do improv together in Upright Citizens Brigade, and I thought, "Oh, that sounds really cool." So when I got braces and couldn't play music anymore, I said to my parents that I wanted to go to New York and take a class at that place. They were remarkably on board with it. I got on the train, went up, took a class and I loved it.” PeopleTogetherNightParentCollegeBrotherTrainMy BrotherSaturdayReally CoolSaturday NightSaturday Night LiveBraces Author:Zach Woods
“I'm a tomboy! Even though I look all-girlie and act girlie, in reality at home I am such a tomboy. I like to mess around and hang out with my brothers, that is the most fun for me!” HomeRealityFunBrotherMessMy BrotherHanging Out Author:Miley Cyrus
“My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice sports. It's a balance for which I'm thankful. I'm not sure I'm more balanced than anyone, but I'm happier because I can make music and I'm really thankful for that.” SportsParentBrotherMomBalanceMusicalMy MomNot SureMy Brother Author:Olivia Merilahti
“My brother was diagnosed with autism, so it's something that hits close to home. And as I got older - especially when I started modeling and being in the city - I wanted to do help. I became involved with Autism Speaks.” HelpingHomeSpeakBrotherMy BrotherAutismModeling Author:Jacquelyn Jablonski
“Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds me that if you are black in America and you're alive, you deserve a round of applause. There are so many forces that don't want us to be alive, and so just being openly who I am, and happy and thriving, is a political act.” PoliticalBlackBrotherDeserveMy BrotherWant UTransgender Author:Laverne Cox
“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
“I would say I was a little bit outgoing, a little bit shy. I was definitely much more shy than my brother. I was young - age six. I was really drawn to music because my brother started playing instruments and I wanted to be at his level, even though I was younger.” AgeBrotherMusic IsMy BrotherShyOutgoing Author:Rostam Batmanglij
“Ever since I was a about seven or eight; I think it was seven. My brother said "I want to start acting," and me and my sister just said, "Oh we'll try it, we'll see." It was just one of those things - we were just like, "Oh, we'll see what happens." So we ended up - all my siblings and me - we ended up just trying it, and I got that one role on In Plain Sight and then we just decided to keep going and see what happens. And then: Hunger Games.” ThinkingTryingActingBrotherSevenHungerMy BrotherKeep GoingMy SisterSiblingMy SiblingsPlain Sight Author:Willow Shields
“I always tried to make people laugh. I attribute that to - I come from a family of divorce. It was a way to distract myself from stuff. I always thought it was interesting that my brother and I existed in this really tight bond, and we would just take the piss out of pretty much everything. I knew I wanted to be an actor so it would be great if I could make people laugh while I was doing this, because I could be other characters and other people, and I could hide behind things. It was a great out for me, and a mode of expression.” PeopleCharacterInterestingLaughingBrotherDivorceMy BrotherMaking People Laugh Author:Lake Bell
“We're on an indie label. We don't have mass marketing behind us, and we don't have big budgets. We do our own thing. We do exactly what we want to do. We produce our own music. We write ourselves. We record ourselves. We mix ourselves. The artwork is done by my brother. That's not selling out. We're doing exactly what we want to do.” WritingDoneBrotherMarketingSellingMy BrotherSelling Out Author:Daniel Taylor
“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
“I'd always believed that any song worth singing is worth putting harmony on. When it comes time for the harmonies to come in, I will move to my left because my brother and I always used to use one microphone, and so you had to share the mic. And, even today, I will move over to the left to give the harmony room, knowing in my mind that there's no harmony standing on my right. But it's just old habits are hard to break.” GivingMindTodayMovingSongBreakShareBrotherHabitSingingHarmonyMy BrotherAlways Believe Author:Charlie Louvin
“Let's face it, fashion was destroyed by HIV. People would just die like flies in the eighties. Then, my brother died of HIV, so I was shaken by it in a way that you cannot imagine. It has sadly been in my life ever since and affected it for such a long time. It won't let go. To me, it's a fight that's not finished. Of course, there are medicines that help, but half the world has no access to them.” PeopleWorldLongHelpingFightingImagineFashionBrotherLetting GoMy BrotherBrother Died Author:Carla Bruni
“My earliest memories are of my brother, pointing the home video camera at me and saying, "C'mon, Ange, give us a show!" Neither of my parents ever said, "Be quiet! Stop talking!" I remember my father looking me in the eye and asking, "What are you thinking? What are you feeling?" That's what I do in my job now - I say. "OK, how do I feel about this?" And I immediately know, because that's how I grew up.” ThinkingGivingFeelingsHomeEyeRememberFatherParentMemoriesBrotherQuietMy BrotherPointing Author:Angelina Jolie
“I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. I always wanted to pursue either music or comics, so when the opportunity came from comics publisher Fantagraphics for my brothers Jaime and Mario and I to make a comic book together, we jumped at the chance: "Let's just do it and see what happens." Really, we weren't sure where we were going to go with it. We thought our work was good enough to be out there, but we didn't know that the response was going to be pretty good, pretty quick.” BookEnoughTogetherOpportunityChanceBrotherResponseComicMy BrotherGood EnoughComic BookJust Do It Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“I still don't know how to drive. I don't go anywhere, really. My brother drives me. I walk around my neighborhood but I don't go anywhere, nor do I want to.” BrotherMy BrotherNeighborhood Author:Fiona Apple
“In terms of the production company, my brother and I are very drawn toward projects that do feel slightly outside the box. And at the same time are accessible enough that they could draw a slightly wider audience.” EnoughTermAudienceBrotherMy BrotherOutside The Box Author:Dave Franco
“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
“One thing you can't help noticing in South America and in Latin culture, generally, is how nice people are. Although when I went back to Spain - my mother lived in Spain and both my brothers lived there - after the Uruguay trip, I thought, "Oh great, Hispanic people." But they weren't nearly as nice as the Uruguayans. They're quite proud and pissed off, the Spaniards.” PeopleHelpingMotherCultureNiceBrotherProudMy BrotherLatinNoticingHispanicNice People Author:Martin Amis
“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
“I only wish my brother David had survived to experience Berkeley as well. No one would flinch here if we were to walk down the street together, whereas in Indiana we were constantly met with hostility. I don't believe in heaven, but this is about as close to heaven on earth as I imagine getting.” BelieveEarthTogetherHeavenWishImagineBrotherMy BrotherHostilityBerkeley Author:Julia Scheeres
“Some of the most rewarding times my brothers and I have are when all of us get together, and we can see what we've been building genetically and culturally.” TogetherBuildingBrotherMy BrotherGet Together Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“Growing up with my brothers, I was like an accompanying mascot to them. The whole heritage and culture of soundsystems is all in my blood y'know? Then obviously from DJing, I just went onto building my own sound and producing my own music.” CultureGrowing UpBuildingBrotherMy Brother Author:Jazzie B
“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
“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
“I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter.” MatterBrotherRepublicanIndependentObviousMy BrotherVoting Author:Stephen Baldwin
“If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.” IfsWayFirstsWantedJobsBrotherKingsCome UpIncomeMy BrotherPocketsBurgersBurger King Author:Queen Latifah
“My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.” MotherGrowing UpGrowingBrotherMy Brother Author:Denis Leary