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Uncle Quotes

The relative who shows up when it counts.

A childhood memory of an uncle teaching Latin with only a breviary, no proper textbook in sight, sits next to a grown adult describing an uncle-like mentoring role for a friend's son. Family bonds like these run through our Family collection.

My favorite uncle died when I was eleven, and that was two months after 9/11, so that was a particularly difficult time with my family.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a...

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

On 'Adam Ruins Everything' we do the broadest sketch comedy possible. We do stuff where you can see it immediately and know it's a joke - characters in big silly costumes; here's Uncle Sam and he's twiddling his fingers saying,...

Quotes by Adam Conover

During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.

Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Always Quotes

If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn't suffer fools gladly.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

When I was six and already able to read and write Polish, my uncle the curate taught me Latin. Since he had no suitable textbook, he simply used the breviary.

Quotes by Wladyslaw Reymont

Viewers figure, 'Uncle Willard doesn't know any more about the weather than I do.' They're right.

Quotes by Willard Scott

Is art influential? It can be - 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' rallied abolitionists, and 'The Jungle' provoked the demand for a safer food industry.

Quotes by Will Shetterly

I’m Uncle Viv to Ian Botham’s son, Liam, and I’ve been a sort of mentor to him over the years. I’ve always been there for him and whenever there was an opportunity to see him play sport, I was there.

Quotes by Viv Richards

Dad Quotes

You know, my uncle wore a lot of jewelry, a lot of gold chains.

Quotes by Two Chainz

I come from a religious family - my father is a pastor, my uncle, my sister and her husband are a pastor team.

Quotes by Tom Ellis

My uncle who helped in a big part of raising me from when I was young, had moved from California, and would just tell me these legendary stories of these motorcycle clubs that he was around and that he used...

Quotes by Theo Rossi

A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have...

Quotes by Teemu Pukki

I commuted to the prestigious Hibiya High School from my uncle's home in Tokyo. During the high school years, I developed an interest in chemistry, so upon graduation, I chose to take an entrance examination for the Department of Chemistry...

Quotes by Susumu Tonegawa

Family Quotes

An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

Quotes by Sting

Me and both my brothers got permits to attend Beverly because two of my uncles and my uncle's wife all taught and coached at Beverly Hills High. But I grew up in South Central.

Quotes by Spencer Paysinger

I was born in Japan, and I grew up in England, and I wanted to be an actor when I was a child because I had an uncle who was an actor. I wanted to do everything he did, and...

Quotes by Sonoya Mizuno

When I give my jewelry as a present, I feel like I'm giving protection to someone I care about... I've given pieces to my mom, my aunts, my friends. I've even made bracelets for my dad and my uncle.

Quotes by Sofia Boutella

I'm not into being all 'film-y' and going to the premieres and parties. I tend to feel like the embarrassing uncle at a wedding.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

Father Quotes

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

Quotes by Sarah Silverman

A couple of entries also nod to how the word 'uncle' has taken on a life of its own in public and fictional culture. For more, see our Dad and Father pages.