Quotes about Family Connections

A lot of people in this business are born with money or family connections. Votes: 4

Paul Ryan hasn't lacked for a job since he left college as the golden child of Wisconsin Republican politics, riding his family connections into a job with then-Senator Bob Kasten. Votes: 4

I think there's lots of people with family connections but who are actually nowhere. If you're hard-working and determined, you will make it, and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through. Votes: 4

I think a lot of the time, we don't give our family connections the kind of credit they deserve, like how important they are to us and how much they mean to us. I think family makes all the difference. Votes: 4

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship. Votes: 3

When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled when we are linked to our ancestors... Votes: 3

A number of bloggers in economics and the financial sector have risen to prominence through the sheer strength of their work. Note it was not their family connections nor ties to Ivy League schools or elite banks, but rather the strength of their research, analysis and writing. Votes: 3

Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is. Votes: 3

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Votes: 2

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. Votes: 2

I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other. Votes: 2

For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway. Votes: 2

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. Votes: 2

Family transcends the flesh. You don't love someone because they look like you, you love their spirit; it's the soul connection. Votes: 2

Denmark is a small nation of five million people, but our economy is completely dependent on our commercial fleet. Every family has some connection to it. Votes: 2

There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world. Votes: 2

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe. Votes: 2

If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might not, and they might need connections with somebody outside their circle of family because their family is so despondent. Votes: 2

Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer base or track their health and finances, their family and friends. Votes: 2

There's more of a family connection when you're working on a TV show. That's not to say that you don't make great connections when you're working on films, but it's different unless you're there working every day. Votes: 2

As a little girl in Arizona, none of the women in my family had a cultural connection with Girl Scouts, but the opportunity resonated with my mother as a platform that would allow me to excel in school. Votes: 2

There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families. Votes: 2

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections? Votes: 2

When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family. Votes: 2

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Votes: 0

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin. Votes: 0

On the road, I try to maintain my connections with friends and family as much as I possibly can. That keeps me pretty grounded. Votes: 0

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply... Votes: 0

Mafia is a process,not a thing.Mafia is a form of clan-cooperation to witch it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Frienship,connections,family ties,trust,loyalty,obedience-this was the glue that held us together. Votes: 0