Big Sister Quotes

• My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.

  Venus Williams

  Jobs, Firsts, Bigs

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• An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.

  Pam Brown

  Sister, Sibling, Sorrow

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• Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Funny, Family, Sister

  Peanuts (comic strip), 17 June 1961

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• There's no better friend than a sister.

  Mary Engelbreit

  Sister, Funny Sibling, Funny Sister

  Mary Engelbreit (2002). “The Blessings of Friendship: A Friendship Treasury”, p.62, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Of two sisters one is always the watcher, one the dancer.

  Louise Glück

  Sister, Two, Dancer

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• I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

  Venus Williams

  Love, Sister, Sports

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• A toast once heard: "To my big sister, who never found her second Easter egg until I'd found my first."

  Robert Breault

  Sister, Easter, Eggs

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• Elder sisters never can do younger ones justice!

  Charlotte Mary Yonge

  Sister, Sibling, Justice

  Charlotte Mary Yonge (1873). “The Pillars of the House, Or Under Wode, Under Rode”

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• Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

  Alice Walker

  Sister, Inspiring, Sibling

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• My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time.

  Linda Sunshine

  Sister, Sibling, Needs

  Linda Sunshine (2012). “Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)”, p.44, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

  Jill Abramson

  Mother, Sound, Older Sister

  "Jill Abramson’s New Yorker, CBS Profiles" by Jack Mirkinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2011.

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• My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

  Jenny Eclair

  Brother, Perfect, Older Sister

  "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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• A big sister who cries over being human over you. A gravelly voiced kid who's friends left him over you. And a pink-haired girl who keeps your picture in her wallet.

  R. J. Palacio

  Girl, Kids, Over You

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• If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

  Pearl Cleage

  Thinking, Annoying, Reason

  Pearl Cleage (1997). “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day”

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• It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.

  Ann Romney

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Mom

  Ann Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 28, 2012.

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• I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.

  Ryan Gosling

  Mother, Strong Women, Emotional

  "Ryan Gosling interview - 'Gangster Squad'". www.viva-press.com.

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• Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done.

  Elvis Presley

  Rejection, Little Sister, Done

  Song: Medley: Little Sister Get Back

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• Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister, Apple, 9, with a visiting Italian chef, Japanese anime screenings, and hand-rolled-sushi lessons, no less), Paltrow admits that her dreams of relocating the family to their recently acquired residence in Brentwood, California, are becoming ever more urgent.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Dream, Winter, Italian

  "Gwyneth Unveiled" by Sarah Bailey, www.harpersbazaar.com. April 11, 2013.

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• No, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.

  R. J. Palacio

  Girl, Kids, Bird

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• I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.

  Beth Moore

  Arrogance, Might, Way

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• Honestly...how did I do as a big sister?

  Beyonce Knowles

  Bigs, Honestly

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Whoa!" she says as I plow into her. " What are you DOING? Get off me!" I hang on tight. "Can't a girl just hug her big sister?" She stops fighting me. "Are you dying? Am I dying? Did Grandma die? I laugh. "No one died." "Then get off!

  Wendy Mass

  Girl, Grandma, Fighting

  Wendy Mass (2011). “11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel”, p.168, Scholastic Inc.

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• Face it, you stupid little cookie maker,” Jenks said, almost sounding fond, “in the last couple of days you’ve seen what it’s like to be in a family, with all the touchy tempers and irritation that goes on. Now you get to see the other side, where we do stupid stuff for each other just because we like you. Rache is the little sister. Ivy’s the big sister. I’m the uncle from out of state, and you’re the rich nephew no one likes but we put up with you anyway because we feel sorry for you. Just let me help, huh? It won’t kill you.

  Kim Harrison

  Uncles, Sorry, Couple

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• But however you might rebel, there was no shedding them. They were your responsibility and there was no one to relieve you of them. They called you Sis. All your life people called you Sis, because that was what you were, or what you became - big sister, helpful sister, the one upon whom everyone depended, the one they all came to for everything from help with homework to a sliver under the fingernail.

  Wallace Stegner

  Responsibility, Sisterhood, People

  Wallace Earle Stegner (1995). “Where the bluebird sings to the lemonade springs: living and writing in the West”, Random House Value Pub

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• I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what. I was like, My big sister is asking me?

  Elle Fanning

  Fashion, Advice, Asking

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