Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.
— Victor Hugo
My dad battled various financial mishaps for years before achieving success as a stunt director, but my parents ensured that my brother and I knew all about the family's struggle. We knew from where each piece of furniture came from.
— Vicky Kaushal
I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
— Vicki Lawrence
Everybody has a dysfunctional family.
I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.
On family trips and vacations, I remember walking around with my little sister and making funny songs on the spot.
— Vic Mensa
All my family is average-sized, apart from me. I didn't really think about my size until I got older, a few years before high school. It had never really fazed me that much.
— Verne Troyer
I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
— Vera Farmiga
I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who's a lawyer. I don't like writing papers, but she's helped me a lot. It's nice to have an art and business background because they tie together perfectly.
— Venus Williams
My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.
— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
When I was growing up, I heard horror stories about producers losing their houses overnight. No matter who the family is, hearing of them getting evicted is very sad.
— Varun Dhawan
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
— Vartan Gregorian
Now I just want to be together with my family.
— Varg Vikernes
One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.
— Vanilla Ice
What is family if you don't talk about where you stand and why you believe what you believe?
— Vanessa Ray
What I love about Popsicle and the moments I can be with Camden is that their whole philosophy is family and these moments that it can create to just sit with my son, read a comic book or go outside on a hot day, take a swim and have a Popsicle treat with him.
— Vanessa Lachey
The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've come to rely on.
I'm focused on football; focused on my family right now.
— Victor Cruz
'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.
I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16.
When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.
— Vic Fuentes
I told my family, 'If I get out of line, just kick my butt.' The last thing that I want is to change.
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
That's the magic of filmmaking. When you are on sets 18-20 hours of the day for two-three months at a stretch, the unit becomes like family.
— Varun Sharma
If I had to imagine life without my family, it would be very difficult.
I believe in blood, soil, and honour; family, homeland, and hamingja; strength, traditions, and courage.
I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.
— Vanna White
I got caught up on drugs for a few years, I'm off it, I'm very happy, got two kids and a family and everything. And like I said I'm making the underground music, and keeping it real.
I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but you don't live in the same city.
— Vanessa Morgan
When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.
Before filming 'The Crown,' I couldn't care less about the royal family. But now... I'm obsessed.
— Vanessa Kirby
In my family, people become pregnant at 33 or something, not 26.
— Vicky Krieps
When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
I really feel my family is my priority.
Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.
I'm from a family of educators. I grew up with books in my house and in my hands and my parents in my life.
Our whole family had been sports oriented. My dad had played a lot of semipro but never had any opportunity to do anything with it. Back then, he had to make a living.
— Vernon Law
I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.
— Vera Wang
My family is the most important thing to me because they're always there for me when times are down.
Like the women in my family, I've found the women in my lab a hard-nosed, ambitious lot who have gone on to be faculty members at top universities. In my own family, it is my father who is prone to bursting into tears.
If you look at my track record, I have only done saaf-suthri family movies.
Whether you work with your family or someone from outside, you can't take the audience for granted.
It was good to get out of prison and home to the family.
It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.
Whether it's your family, friends, community that you connect with, don't be afraid to reach out. That's my biggest advice that I can say for anyone going through any kind of obstacle or trials or tribulations. Don't be afraid to reach out and ask questions. Ask for help, because you never know where you'll find it.
— Vanessa Williams
My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
— Vanessa Marcil
Without a doubt, priority No. 1 is always my family. Whether it's my children or my husband or even my girlfriends who are also my family, I put them first no matter what. And it makes it easy to then juggle everything else because it's never a question.
