As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start…

I grew up in Manchester, and we were very poor. My father was a miner who joined the Navy during the war and developed…

— Bernard Hill

“I’m afraid I’m not very clever.” Sir Aubrey looked shocked. “Good heavens, boy, I should hope not! The Taverners have never been bookish. Except…

— Eva Ibbotson

“Poor Father, I see his final exploration. He arrives at the new place, his hair risen in astonishment, his mouth and eyes dumb. His…

— E.L. Doctorow

My family was poor. My father was in the police force and was drawing a small salary. Because of that I could not study.

— Rakhi Sawant

“When everyone is poor you don't know you're poor. My father worked so some of the boys thought I was actually rich.”

— Stan Grant

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

— Bob Cousy

My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I…

— Norman Wisdom

It's true my father used to work 18 hours a day as a security guard to help support my dream of becoming a footballer.…

— Miguel Almiron

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always…

— Bill Bryson

My father used to call me 'bird bones' and, well, the name fits.

— Chuck Palahniuk

My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.'

— Ann Curry

“My father used to say that someone who used foul language was someone who needed to study vocabulary because there were more civilized ways…

— Debbie Macomber

My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.

— David Jason

“My father used to say, “a day spent breathing is a good day”

— Raymond E. Feist