#uncle

IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#american #born #cabin #coincidence #cooper

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#calls #conviction #firm #firm conviction #go

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire. ↗

— Andy Garcia

#astaire #best #dressed #flamboyant #fred

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#debates #deeply #embedded #expose #need

I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't think I'd make it to 21. My Uncle Chuck saved my life. He was a graphic designer, and he gave me my first sketchbook. In the front, he wrote, 'Wear it like your underwear.' ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#designer #direction #first #front #gave

My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it's just full-blown jibber-jabber. It's so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can't understand him. ↗

— Bam Margera

#barely #because #craziest #dude #english

TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#dial #dirty #equivalents #i #ken

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam. ↗

— Olin Miller

#happiest #high #inheritance #man #mourner

I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#around #celebrities #doing #full-on #hero

The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#been #gods #grandmother #how #i