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I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak,
Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep. — Q-Tip

Italians and Greeks have uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents as far as the eye can see. — Joe Novella

He could see his uncles slugging each other with such force that they had to be in love. Strangers would never want to hurt each other that badly. — Sherman Alexie

My uncle killed by sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot you in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. And invaders are worse. — Michael Moore

A man with a hump-backed uncle mustn't make fun of another man's cross-eyed aunt — Mark Twain

My great uncle fought in WWI. His stories fascinated me. — Charles Todd

Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones ... you are invited! — Anthony Burgess

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom. — Jane Smiley

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven. — Doris Day

Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it. — Miles Davis

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love. — Amos Lee

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms. — Jalen Rose

Bobby's World touched a lot of people. That's why the family's last name is Generic. Uncle Ted is based on uncles we've all had. — Howie Mandel

Well, I can't (sing or dance). Actually, I sing like a seal and dance like your Uncle Leo at that wedding where he got up and went 'ya, ya, ya'. — Richard Dreyfuss

Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle. — William Shakespeare

I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force. — Desi Arnaz

[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z. — Gwyneth Paltrow

Trying to be like my uncle, because I was an only child. He and my cousins were everything to me. — Deon Cole

My family is really, really Southern - I had two uncle Bubbas, and grandparents that we called Big Mama and Big Daddy. — Laura Lippman

You know how everybody has that one weird creepy uncle? Well, Seth Green looks like he got raped by all of them. — Anthony Jeselnik

I don't write about the intimate details of my cousins and aunts and uncles, and my mother and my father because it's not right to, for me. — Anne Lamott

My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin. — Alec Douglas-Home

Geoffrey looked startled to see both his great-uncles bearing down upon him with such haste; he hadn't realized men their age could move so fast. — Sharon Kay Penman

Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle! — William Shakespeare

Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle. — John F. Kennedy

The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. — Max Von Sydow

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins. — Bryan Clay

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors. — Morena Baccarin

My uncle was a music producer and even he'd tell me to get a proper job. I tried to get him to give me five grand to make an album - it didn't happen. — Gold Panda

The Marine Corps is your family too. You may not have a mother here, but you have a shit pile of fathers, uncles, and brothers. — Bud Rudesill

Amish children are usually named after aunts or uncles or some other relation. Keeps the family names going. — Sarah Price

I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that. — Christopher Walken

Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply. — Susanna Clarke

If I could only see one miracle, just one miracle. Like a burning bush, or the seas part, or my uncle Sasha pick up a check. — Woody Allen

Sure, my uncle killed himself playing Russian Roulette. But I choose to remember him as a great Russian Roulette player. — Anthony Jeselnik

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles; she has to fight the bewilderment in her own soul. — Walter Lippmann

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them. — Dolly Parton

I'm not an Uncle Tom ... I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it. — Clarence Thomas

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

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. — Tiffanie DeBartolo

There is none of my uncle's marks upon you; he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner. — William Shakespeare

Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.) — Tom Angleberger

You never forget your first kiss. And that's what makes it so hard to forgive my uncle. — Demetri Martin

If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam. — Ray Stevens

You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money? — Billy Joel

When I was a boy, one of my uncles had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. My family went there for parts of three summers, and I loved it! — Kevin Henkes

When I was young I was working with a lot of people being out in the south. My uncle wrote for Al Green and I was around Al a lot. — Drake

We cannot reform the world ... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock. — John F. Kennedy

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. — Darrell Issa

Kristen Stewart always looks like she's posing for pictures taken in a basement by her creepy uncle. — Chelsea Handler

I've got an uncle myself. Nobody should be held responsible for their uncles. Nature's little throwbacks - that's how I look at it. — Agatha Christie

When I was a child, our whole family cooked. All my cousins cooked. All my aunts and uncles cooked. It was part of our heritage. — Mario Batali

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players. — Ronaldinho

[Reviewing a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin] The dogs were poorly supported by the cast. — Don Herold

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece. — Vera Farmiga

I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, he saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley. — Little Richard

I'm that crazy-ass drunk uncle that nobody wants to invite to the holidays and birthdays. — Mark McGrath

My uncle used to love me, but she died. — Roger Miller

Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself. — Bob Dylan

I love being from a screwed up family. We have everything in my family: prescription drug abuse, mental illness, one of my uncles is a Mormon. — Christopher Titus

I'm a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch. — Bo Burnham

And don't knock nepotism, Cheeseman; my well-connected uncles all agree, nepotism made this country what it is today. — David Mitchell

My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt. — Chuck Nevitt

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like. — James Patterson

I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down. — R. Kelly

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. — John Boehner

Hearing old macho men, our uncles, calling themselves "Bra". Like women underwear. — Zukiswa Wanner

I may drink too much and play too loud, hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don't mean I don't respect my mama or Uncle Sam. — Tracy Byrd

My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house. — Becky G

If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Jerrykins, or Pickled Gherkins. Lord Peter was not one of those born uncles who delight old nurses by their — Dorothy L. Sayers

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art. — Mat Kearney

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. — Robert Cormier

No one can teach your child like you can. No nanny, Bible school teacher, aunt, or uncle has your authority. What a phenomenal privilege is yours. — Max Lucado

Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose. — Peter Kay

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. — Edward G. Robinson

My dad and my uncles used to always be in the studio at my house. — Lil' Romeo

A small business person has Uncle Sam as a partner, a partner who puts up no money, does no work, and wants 30 or 40 percent — Irwin Schiff

Churches were shut down and Stanislaw's father and three uncles had been sent to prison camps for speaking out. — Fannie Flagg

Junk runs in the family. My granddad was a junk man in St. Louis and so was my uncle. — Redd Foxx

I come from a stupid family. My uncle heard that most deaths occurs within ten miles of the house ... so he moved. — Rodney Dangerfield

They'd drink like men, like their fathers and uncles, like George fucking Washington ... — Claire Vaye Watkins

After I was in an ambush, my uncles were happy - it was almost like a baptism. — Hyder Akbar

The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits. — Smedley Butler

I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. — Rodney Dangerfield

I was named after my two uncles. Roger Lee and Richard Allen. They simply changed the spelling to Leigh-Allyn to make it more feminine. — Leigh-Allyn Baker

You've got a problem. Part of what you own isn't yours. It belongs to Uncle Sam. May I show you how much belongs to Uncle Sam? — Ben Feldman

Any time Uncle Sam, with all his machinery for warfare, is held to a draw by some rice eaters, he's lost the battle. — Malcolm X

My uncle used to sit me on his lap and play "ventriloquist", only I wasn't wearing pants. — Thom Yorke

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now. — Ron Wood

I've been truly protected by my uncles. — Will.i.am

Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Uncle Remus, who said to Uncle Ben, You're a credit to your rice. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

The kind uncles and aunts of the race are more esteemed than its true spiritual fathers and mothers. — Henry David Thoreau

Look, I learned from your uncle that when the universe turns out to be insane, the wise man embraces insanity. — Bradley Denton

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it's just kind of been like my habitat. — Bruno Mars

The name 'Chuck Jones', according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist. — Chuck Jones

Dean Martin's great-great-uncle, Ebenezer Martin, who said to Eli Whitney, I see the cotton, but where's the gin? Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons