My Family First Quotes

For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise. — Damon Galgut

What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living. — Gordon Lightfoot

My priority is always the family and Victoria [Beckham] and I always ensure we are there for our children. We work hard but family comes first. — David Beckham

To me, God comes first, my family come second. If I fail at those two, I'm just playing games. — Kirk Cameron

My grandmother's brain was dead, but her heart was still beating. It was the first time we ever had a democrat in the family. — Emo Philips

I pull back and an exhale eases out of my lips. He's the first person I've intentionally touched outside my family for the last six years. — Jessica Sorensen

My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family. — Camille Paglia

I was the first in my family to board an airplane. I was the first in my family to get kicked off an airplane. — Trevor Noah

It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very easy. — Jada Pinkett Smith

My family comes first before anything, they are everything to me. — Nick Carter

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. — Sarah Waters

My family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, "I'm proud of the first member of my family to get a college education." — Rush Limbaugh

My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever knew. — Richard Flanagan

Some birdies were about a family with hardships. Other days, birdie was a selfless teacher. And birdie from before is my first love. — Kim Su-mi

My mother taught me that family comes first. It is engraved on my heart. — Cung Le

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is. — Jamie Lee Curtis

Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost. — Yo Gotti

Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family. — Janet Jackson

My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy. — Tracy Pollan

I was first in my family to go to college. — Joe Biden

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy. — Victoria Beckham

My first priority is trying to protect my family. — Orlando Bloom

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in. — Peter Fonda

So I delegate a lot and I make my family come first, my husband and our kids. — Kelly Preston

I balance family and career by doing what makes me the happiest! That for me, without question, is putting my family and kids first. — Bridgette Wilson

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe. — Peter Dinklage

I think about my family first. I want my family to not want for anything. I would like to make sure they have no worries. — LaDainian Tomlinson

My family are doctors and pilots and people involved in indigenous First Nation land rights; not overtly artistic. — Deborah Kara Unger

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language. — Odette Annable

I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one. — Dikembe Mutombo

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. — Harriet Ann Jacobs

As much as possible, I put my family first. — Jill Soloway

My family are everything to me. They come first in everything I do. — Nigel Barker

I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first. — Katherine Heigl

I never expected anyone in my family to change, and especially not my father, who changed first and most profoundly: He died. — Melissa Bank

I'm the first person in my family to go to college. — Jessica Chastain

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly. — J. August Richards

Not for the first time, I wondered if my entire family tree was bat-shit crazy. — Pepper Winters

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys. — Bobby Darin

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband. — Martha Wainwright

My first job was four words in 'Family Matters.' It was huge! — Freddie Prinze Jr.

It's always been family first for me. No matter how well my career goes, nobody here will ask anything of me. I'm just another Dunn to them. — Adam Dunn

I'm the first person in my family to play poker. — Chris Moneymaker

I was the first person to go to university from my family. — Ellie Goulding

The first family is my kin. The other family is my SNSD family. — Im Yoona

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978. — Rebecca MacKinnon

The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards. — John Grisham

In everything I do, my children come first, and my husband. I just think it's so important to maintain family stability. — Cindy McCain

She's a girl after my own heart. Food first, conversation later. — Kelly Risser

I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place. — Faith Hill

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie. — Pierre Salinger

I was a vegetarian first. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer, and I knew it was in the food, so I changed my diet. — John Salley

Being the first to go to college in my family was a great thing, but it was also a source of guilt. I felt like almost a sellout going to college. — Matt De La Pena

If I keep God first in my life, if I keep my family and friends as second, and then I keep my occupation third, that's when I've found success. — Joe Gibbs

My first priority is time with my family. — Tom Selleck

I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium. — Julia Mancuso

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college. — James Earl Jones

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance. — Jimmy Cliff

First and foremost, I am a mom. I get the most fulfillment being with my family. — Mallika Chopra

What I notice about men, all men, is that their order is me, my family, God is in there somewhere, but me is first. — Michelle Obama

I'm very much a family person, and that's always my first priority. — Elizabeth Lesser

As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university. — Clive Granger

I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid. — Donal Logue

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican. — Manny Montana

I was the first one in my family to go to college. — Joe Lhota

My family really does come first. It always did and always will. — Meryl Streep

I was raised in a family where my father was the first one to go to college. — Jim Gaffigan

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled. — Alicia Sacramone

I was 13 when I had my first bout of insomnia. My family was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the summer, and day never really became night. — Siri Hustvedt

The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does. — Helen Keller

I was the first member of my family to cross into Pakistan and find his ancestral village. — Sanjeev Bhaskar

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7. — Barbara Cook