Quotes by Aunt I'd sort of dabbled in Black Magic, not practicing it, but I was interested in it. All these horrible things kept happening to me - a lot of my aunts and uncles started dying and I was seeing all these bloody things visiting me during the night. Geezer Butler aunt uncles night I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side. Geena Davis aunt lucky different I had this aunt who had a career and traveled. She'd say things like, "When you go to college, I think we should go scuba diving in the summer. The scuba diving in Portugal is fabulous." And I'd be like, "Portugal! Holy cats!". Geena Davis aunt cat summer [My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don't know if they have that in England, but you eat a dinner while you watch a play. And she ordered a glass of wine. I was like, "Oh my God. This is, like, the most sophisticated thing I have ever done." Geena Davis aunt glasses wine I was 16 or something. [My aunt] broadened my understanding of what women could be like and do and that there's a big world out there. So she had a huge impact on me. Geena Davis aunt impact understanding But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora. "Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy. Gene Stratton-Porter aunt likes boys I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes. George Eads aunt grandmother hero The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news anchor, was: don't wake up at seventy years old sighing over what you should have tried. Just do it, be willing to fail, and at least you gave it a shot. That's echoed for me all through the last few years. George Clooney aunt dad motivational I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it. George Clooney aunt lessons use My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted. George Clooney aunt humble father I wish I were one of those terribly clever people who, when they write their autobiographies, always say, when I was fifteen months old I distinctly remember my Aunt Fanny saying to me, etc. George Seaton aunt clever writing I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments! Georgette Heyer aunt accomplishment country I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy. Giada De Laurentiis aunt kitchen mother Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece. Gillian Anderson aunt luxury trying It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts. George Orwell aunt uncles hands Thee may tell Aunt Janet from me that she might as well try to stop the stars in their courses as to try to stop a love affair. Hannah Whitall Smith aunt stars trying But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. (Nor should the Karl Barth who so loved and understood Mozart be regarded as such.)For humor is a mysterious but unmistakable charism inseparable from Catholic faith, and neither the "progressives" nor the "integralists" seem to possess it - the latter even less than the former. Hans Urs von Balthasar aunt catholic saint The saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. Hans Urs von Balthasar sense-of-humor aunt saint Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was. Harper Lee aunt land people Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous. Harry Graham aunt sublime steps «1234567891011»