Uncle Quotes - page 2

Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle. (Alvah Bessie)
I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors. He's done a lot of comedy. He does mostly just comedy like 'Uncle Buck' and 'Home Alone' and 'Home Alone 2.' And I've done a lot of different stuff, like sad movies, like the movie about the kid with AIDS. View quote
Brian Bonsall
My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt in tae kwon do, but also, he used a lot of military-style fighting where it's not the high kicks or anything like that. It's basically defeat your opponent as fast as possible. View quote
Brian Tee
Being a son, brother, uncle and brother-in-law is all I care about. View quote
Chris Burke
A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. View quote
David Amram
I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last. View quote
David Amram
As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank. View quote
Dean Norris
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut. View quote
Dick Dale
The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. View quote
Dominic Chianese
I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it. View quote
Dominic Chianese
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate. (Dusty Baker)
My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. View quote
Dave Van Ronk
I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm. View quote
Emeril Lagasse
When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner? View quote
Ed O'Neill
My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago. View quote
George Gobel
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. View quote
John C. McGinley
She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot of those evenings was when we kids got dressed up to do a skit or something to amuse the guests. I loved it. View quote
Louise Fletcher
Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach. View quote
Lydia Ko
Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam. View quote
Olin Miller
Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a country and western singer and I met Lefty Frizzell when I was five or six years old in those shows that would come through Toronto from Nashville. View quote
Rick Danko
I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything. (Ronnie Milsap)
I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters. View quote
Russell B. Long
By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project. View quote
Spencer Bachus
Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate. View quote
Stephanie McMahon
When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy. View quote
Sammy Davis, Jr.