The war was an escape to reality... The only thing that mattered were human relationships; not money, not position, not even family... Only relationships with people who might be dead tomorrow were important. It is a sort of wonderful state of mind. It's too bad it takes a war to create such a condition among men.
— William Wyler
My family background was heavily slanted toward business and seafaring matters.
— William Standish Knowles
I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.
— William P. Young
I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.
— William Lacy Clay, Jr.
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work.
— William Julius Wilson
I'm never happier than when I'm with my family.
— William Hurt
Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.
— William Hague
My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
— William Gilbert
Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can.
— William Clay Ford, Sr.
It is difficult to be a law enforcement family. You shoulder the stresses and challenges involved in your loved one's profession. You make a sacrifice, too.
— William Barr
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
— Willard Scott
As much as I would love to do roles in big movies and am keen to establish myself in the industry. I don't want to sacrifice things that I really enjoy, like spending time with my family and friends.
— Will Poulter
The University of Texas was very good to Will Muschamp and my family.
— Will Muschamp
I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.
— will.i.am
Members of the Senate and House, if they want to send troops into war, should be forced to send a family member. That would really make everyone stop and go, 'Ohhh-kaaay.'
— Will Ferrell
Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.
— Wilhelm von Humboldt
Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel.
— Wilfrid Laurier
Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.
— William T. Wiley
My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.
— William Shatner
There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family.
— William Nicholson
My father was convinced that America was the greatest place in the world. I'm afraid I didn't have the family I would have dreamed of.
— William Klein
You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being and that of your family and your country.
— William J. Clinton
We were raised in a family that had high aspirations for their children, and those high aspirations tended to be along the lines of service and high-minded beliefs, living up to your responsibilities. Both my Danforth grandparents admired service very much.
— William Henry Danforth
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
— William Griffith Wilson
Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion.
— William E. Simon
The Ford family wants the company to succeed. Period.
— William Clay Ford, Jr.
Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction.
— Willem Dafoe
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.
— Willa Cather
I come from this bubble in life - I come from a great family and went to a nice school, and I have friends, and life is pretty rosy.
If you live in a good neighborhood, you drive home and there's a bank. There's grocery stores and big houses - but no motels. What that tells you psychologically is you protect your money and buy good things for your family to eat in your nice big house.
I've had moments in my life when I've thought if I wasn't acting, if I wasn't doing what I do and I had a career in the private sector and I didn't have a family, that I do have some tendencies where I could really kind of have a monastic existence and be okay with it.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
— Will Durant
I have lived in south London all my life, and my family is here.
— Wilfried Zaha
The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.
— Wilford Brimley
My family gave me the best in education.
I got my family here and my career here and I'm sitting here in the middle, and I'm stuck. So I have to do something, you know, have to reach out and get some help.
— William Perry
My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the U.S. where Jewish people got together and sent money to Cuba, so we got some of that. We were a poor family, but I was always a happy kid.
— William Levy
My father was like Willy Loman, you know: he never really made it - and he was from a family where there were people who had made it.
No longer is the female destined solely for the home and the rearing of the family and only the male for the marketplace and the world of ideas.
— William J. Brennan, Jr.
Certainly, the emergence of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and the Taylor family has been one of the great things that has happened in St. Louis. We are no longer headquarters for McDonnell Douglas, although the McDonnell family is still very much involved in our community.
They stayed by my side the whole time - my teammates, family and all the fans.
— William Green
To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.
— William Cobbett
My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all.
I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname; it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.
Also, after people play these Sim games, it tends to change their perception of the world around them, so they see their city, house or family in a slightly different way after playing.
— Will Wright
I am the black sheep of my family. They are all super talented and intelligent and got proper jobs. Most of my family is in medicine, actually. They are all too clever to be doing what I do.
If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science; try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.
My definition of family is just unconditional love. The people who rely on you and who love you, they are there, too.
— Will Arnett
My dad used to take me to training in bangers, and we used to push the car. He would do whatever it would take, so I owe my family.
