My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.
— Roger Bannister
I only want three children for every family. I'm a Christian, but I'm a realist, so we have to do something with our overpopulation. I will defy the opinion or the belief of the Church.
— Rodrigo Duterte
My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a ne'er-do-well. He wasn't lazy. He just couldn't hold on to money. It just, it was an enigma for him. He just, his pockets were always empty.
— Rodney Crowell
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.
— Rodney Atkins
I've got a lot on my shoulders, but I've got the most beautiful family in the world.
— Roddy Piper
I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.
— Rod Stewart
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.
If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.
— Rocco Buttiglione
The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them.
When you play this game, you're not just playing for yourself and your fans. You also play for a name you have to represent. You have a family that's hoping you do good every single day.
— Robinson Cano
I'm blessed in that I have a family that has always helped me in everything I ever needed.
— Robinho
I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.
— Robin Wright
I bought my own home in 2004. It's a sanctuary for my family and a place of peace and calm. It's key for anyone committed to leadership and success to avoid the noise and focus on their best opportunities.
— Robin S. Sharma
When I played, sometimes we would have one game in a week; now there are no free moments, no time, not even for family.
— Roberto Mancini
I am not someone who enjoys being followed and harassed. I prefer to stay at home with my family than to go out.
— Roberto Firmino
I grew up in Tuscany in a very poor family. My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
— Roberto Benigni
I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.
— Robert Zemeckis
Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened to collide. I'm at peace. When it comes, I'll be fine, calm. I'll miss life, though. Especially my family.
— Roger Ailes
I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.
— Rodney Dangerfield
I grew up in Adelaide, Australia. No one in my family had finished high school, and I was smart at mathematics, so I became an academic and got my Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford. I didn't set out to be a businessperson.
— Rodney Brooks
My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.
If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far.
— Roddy Doyle
Everybody sung in my family.
I'm the only one in the family who stumbled into acting.
— Rocky Carroll
The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.
It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project.
— Robyn Davidson
The city of Madrid is a beautiful city, and my family loved living there.
My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that.
— Robin Yount
When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
— Robin Williams
I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
— Robin Gibb
I played for Sampdoria and stayed there 15 years. Of course, I could have gone to Juventus, to AC Milan, to Inter Milan many times, but I preferred to remain because Sampdoria were my family, from the owners to the players.
I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.
— Roberto Cavalli
I am a born hunter, like my father, my grandfather, and every man of my family before them.
— Roberto Baggio
I spend many evenings reading or continuing the day's work, but I also enjoy playing the piano, jogging, and traveling with the family.
— Robert Woodrow Wilson
The distance, being far away from your home, from your family, that's not easy. There are times when you say, 'Wow, what a fight, what a battle.'
— Rodrigo Santoro
I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.
I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.
The WWE gave me a family and a life.
I have a CBE, and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family; it's not bestowed on you by the government; you have to be nominated by the public.
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.
I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.
— Rocco DiSpirito
On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone.
The city of Seattle has become my second home for my family and I.
The family is the foundation of everything.
You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.
Whether you lead a nation, an enterprise, a community, or a family, we are all in the communication business.
I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.
My family mean a lot to me, but I guess that's like it is with every other player.
My dream, maybe because of my family, of course, was to be a painter. I chose in one moment the direction of textiles; from textiles I went to fashion.
John Hirschbeck is a wonderful person with a wonderful family. I'm so glad that we have become friends.
— Roberto Alomar
