Karen White

I know some people say it’s not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it’s always worked so well for me.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

Once I became a mother I knew that I was strong, but not ready to do what I’m doing now

My son has a big Christmas problem – what do you buy for a father who has everything and you’re using it?

Maybe that’s all that family really is, a group of people who all miss the same imaginary place.

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

You know, it’s the silliness in me. It has always been there. I love to make people laugh. It comes from my family. My family is funny.

[Babies are] a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.

I pay my mama’s bills, I ain’t got no time to chill.

I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.

I’ve been a loner all the time throughout my life… I haven’t been the best father… Many times… my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.

Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.

There’s a reason why people who’ve had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.

I know what it’s like to be married and to live in a house with a garden, but it’s not something I’m striving for at the moment.