Blood Is Thicker Than Quotes & Sayings

Blood is thicker than water, but water is easier to swallow. — P.L. Byrd

Always remember when it comes to family arguments and disputes. Blood is thicker than anger. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Cautionary Tale: Blood is seldom thicker than blood. — Kris Waldherr

They say blood is thicker than water, but that doesn't mean shit. Everyone needs water to live. — Vi Keeland

Blood is thicker than water, and so is diarrhea — Josh Stern

Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. ("The Wife Of Ted Wickham") — A.E. Coppard

Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood. — Frank Herbert

Blood is thicker than water, but family isn't just about blood. Family is about faith, and loyalty, and who you love. If you don't have those things, I don't care what the blood says. You're not family. — Seanan McGuire

Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both. — Margaret Atwood

Blood is thicker than water, as people say. (But then again so is ketchup.) — Alex Shearer

It is said that blood is thicker than water. It is what joins us, binds us, curses us ... — Barnabas

Jealousy is an ugly trait and sometimes blood ain't no thicker than water. — Reds Johnson

Blood may be thicker than water, but oil is thicker than both. — Larry Hagman

So often they made her think of the phrase "Blood is thicker than water," because at times blood was the only bond they shared and she had to remind herself they were family, because at times it was unbelievable they were even related. She loved them, but she hadn't chosen them. — Victoria Kahler

No one's smart when it comes to family. Blood is thicker than smart. — K.D. McEntire

Blood may be thicker than water, but it is still sticky, unpleasant and generally nauseating. — Janeane Garofalo

Blood is thicker than water, but they still use corn starch as a thickener on cooking shows — Josh Stern

People always say blood is thicker than anything. That saying means family is thicker than anything in this world. — Rachel Van Dyken

I'll probably regret saying this, but...for me kin have always been bad news. Warmth and hope came from strangers as they became friends, mentors, allies, etc., while family is the shared trait of those who diminish my happiness and augment my griefs. I know in my bones that blood is not thicker than water. — David Berreby

Blood is thicker than water, but it can still be contaminated. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Blood is thicker than water. That's what they say. But in truth, most things are. — Libba Bray

For most people, blood is still thicker than water, but I guess all bets are off when you put money in the mix. — Lisa Henry

There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than. — Mignon McLaughlin

Blood is thicker than water, as they say, and money is thicker than blood. Interpret that however you like. — Richard L. Sanders

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends. — Raquel Cepeda

Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I'd often disputed. But it turned out that it didn't matter whether she was right or wrong. They both flowed out of my cupped palms. — Cheryl Strayed

So, blood is thicker than water. What's your point? You need the water to wash away the evidence. — Shaun Adams

We understand that a family is something you make. I grew up hearing 'blood is thicker than water,' and maybe it's true, but in the gay community we've got more than water between us. We've got something stamped onto our DNA, something that marks us as belonging to each other every bit as much as we belong to our birth families. I'm not sure people outside the circle can ever fully understand a connection they've never experienced. — Rachel Spangler

We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul and body, with phosphorescent light, brighten the chasm that separates us. We should cling to them just as blood is thicker than water. — Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

And yet for that, blood is thicker than water, even if the only thing you've shared with your people have been hardships and miseries. — Maria Duenas

What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother's blood
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heaves
To wash it white as snow? — William Shakespeare

Doss dear," said Cousin Georgiana mournfully, "some day you will discover that blood is thicker than water."
"Of course it is. But who wants water to be thick?" parried Valancy. — L.M. Montgomery

Blood is thicker than water - and many see something ridiculous, or worse, about anyone who doesn't know this. In his discussion of Gandhi's autobiography, George Orwell expresses admiration for Gandhi's courage but is repelled by Gandhi's rejection of special relationships - of friends and family, of sexual and romantic love. Orwell describes this as "inhuman," and goes on to say: "The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals." To — Paul Bloom

I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you'll be fine. — Cory Hardrict

We have a history between us, and in some ways I think that is thicker than anger, thicker than blood. — Jodi Picoult

Blood is thicker than water,
The young man said
As he knifed his friend
For a drooling old bitch
And a house full of lies. — Ernest Hemingway,