Cousin Quotes - Page 13

• My cousin Georgia says that boys are like gazelles. She says the get alarmed when they get close to girls. And they have to leap off into the woods like gazelles in trousers. Or have I just made that up?

  Louise Rennison

  Girl, Boys, Gazelles

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• When I go back to family reunions everybody goes, 'Hey cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm like, 'Okay I don't know you, I have no idea who you are.' I am auntie and cousin for so many and even the ones in prison call me collect. And I'll be like, 'Which of my family members are giving you this phone number?'

  Sherri Shepherd

  Phones, Ideas, Numbers

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• We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

  Matthew Rhys

  Stupid, Character, Feel Good

  "Matthew Rhys: from Patagonia with love" by Hannah Booth, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2011.

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• Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ... 'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.' 'Be nice, Charles! It was a speech about fruit importation, which I admit devolved into something of a tirade.' She couldn't help but laugh. 'Still, you could talk about something more important.' 'Than jam? Impossible. We mustn't set the bar too high, Jane.

  Charles Finch

  Nice, Giving, Laughing

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• You owe me!" -Stephanie "Why do I owe you?" -Joe "I caught your no good cousin." -Stephanie "Yeah and in the process you burned down a funeral home, and damaged thousands of dollars of government property." -Joe "Well if you are going to be picky about it...." -Stephanie

  Janet Evanovich

  Home, Government, Funeral

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• "Another relative?" Valek asked.
  A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's third cousin."

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mother, Uncles, Moon

  "Magic Study". Book by Maria V. Snyder, 2006.

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• "Are you all right?” he asked Olivia. His heart was still racing with terror that she’d been hurt. “I heard a woman scream.”
  “Ah, that would have been me,” Sebastian said.
  Harry looked down on his cousin, face frozen in disbelief. “You made that noise?”
  “It hurt,” Sebastian bit off. Harry fought not to laugh. “You scream like a leettle girl."

  Julia Quinn

  Girl, Hurt, Heart

  "What Happens In London". Book by Julia Quinn, 2011.

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• I ought to tell you that I'm probably your cousin.

  Henry James

  Your Cousin, Ought

  "The Complete Novels of Henry James".

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• People who're nuts never doubt their own sanity. (The Killer's Cousin)

  Nancy Werlin

  Nuts, People, Doubt

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• The word which is best said came nearest to not being spoken at all, for it is cousin to a deed which the speaker could have better done. Nay, almost it must have taken the place of a deed by some urgent necessity, even by some misfortune, so that the truest writer will be some captive knight, after all. And perhaps the fates had such a design, when, having stored Raleigh so richly with the substance of life and experience, they made him a fast prisoner, and compelled him to make his words his deeds, and transfer to his expression the emphasis and sincerity of his action.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Taken, Fate

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (Annotated Edition)”, p.87, Jazzybee Verlag

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• In the great cities, winter glitters with art and feasting. But poetry, the country cousin, sees only the dearth of the fields.

  Mason Cooley

  Country, Art, Winter

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• My father was a truck driver. That's where it all started, and academically I was a disaster at school. My cousin got his name on the honour board; I, at Melbourne High School, I carved mine on the desk.

  Lindsay Fox

  Father, School, Names

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• Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins.

  Jack White

  Attitude, Interesting, Age

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Cousins are part of your life so stick with cuz, not friends.

  Claude Shannon

  Cuz, Sticks, Not Friends

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• If I have renounced the search of truth, if I have come into the port of some pretending dogmatism, some new church, some Schelling or Cousin, I have died to all use of these new events that are born out of prolific time into multitude of life every hour. I am as bankrupt to whom brilliant opportunities offer in vain. He has just foreclosed his freedom, tied his hands, locked himself up and given the key to another to keep.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Truth, Opportunity, Keys

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.191, Harvard University Press

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• Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them. They lived in their writings, and sotheir house and street life was trivial and commonplace. If you would know their tastes and complexions, the most admiring of their readers most resembles them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Writing, House, Genius

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.635, Library of America

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• I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I think that's almost been part of Australian culture, which is why I think Movember is really important. We need to change that outlook.

  James Magnussen

  Brother, Uncles, Father

  "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

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• Our most basic institution of family desperately needs help and support from the extended family and the public institutions that surround us. Brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins can make a powerful difference in the lives of children. Remember that the expression of love and encouragement from an extended family member will often provide the right influence and help a child at a critical time.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Encouragement, Brother, Uncles

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• I am the monarch of the sea,
  The Ruler of the Queen's Navee,
  Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants
  And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

  Unknown

  Queens, Aunt, Sea

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• Cousins are more then cousins, there best friends that are their through it all.

  Heather Mills

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• Many states have laws against cousin marriage, which I think are ridiculous - people should be allowed to make that choice.

  Amber Heard

  Thinking, Law, People

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• Science fiction is really a rather tiny business compared with its giant cousin, which is fantasy.

  Robert Reed

  Giants, Fiction, Tiny

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• I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

  Judi Dench

  Husband, Reading, Listening To Others

  "Philomena - Dame Judi Dench interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The secret of my success is my mother, who was from Dublin. All my relations are in Dublin or in the west, or as I found out, we went to Rostrevor in Northern Ireland to film and I got out, while they changed cars around, and this man said to me: "You know you have cousins in this town? And they're coming down to see you..." And so they did. I'm sorry we didn't go to a lot more places, so that I could find a lot more cousins. So, that was good. It's entirely because my father was also brought up in Dublin. So, that's my link.

  Judi Dench

  Mother, Sorry, Father

  "Philomena - Dame Judi Dench interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• If the Word truly became flesh, then God had not only a mother, but also a grandmother, cousins, great-aunts, and weird uncles. If the Word truly dwelt among us, then he was part of a family that, like most, was fairly dysfunctional, a mix of the good and bad, the saintly and the sinful, the glorious and the not so glorious. And this is such good news for us.

  Robert Barron

  Mother, Uncles, Aunt

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