The barriers between animal and human come down very easily. We belong to a single great family, and if we are lonely and unhappy we gladly accept the friendship of our distant relations.

When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.

[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a family but are very little aware of being individuals. Here in the zoo there were other gorillas—but there was no family. Five severed fingers do not make a hand.

“The new DirecTV Total Choice Family programming package is appropriate for viewing by family members of all ages and includes popular children's, religious and general family entertainment programming. We have answered the call from concerned parents and policymakers and have designed a programming package to meet the needs of DirecTV families.”

“It's dwindling big time. We have more going out today. These people are linking up with families and mainly going out of town, being picked up by family or going by bus. Some, I'm sure, have gone into housing and then some families have been adopted by local families.”

“Our 'Texas Family Home Policy' will offer our customers a tailored policy to fit their specific insurance needs. Just like no two families are alike, no two families have the exact same insurance needs.”

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

“My family and I are thrilled about the move to Paris considering most of my wife's family are still residents of the community.”

“He's a family guy, and his family has all moved out of the area. He's very devoted to his grandchildren.”

“We will shelter and feed the families three meals a day. We will accept up to eight people per family unit.”