At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids that my parents had faith in me and I had faith in myself. Anything anybody told… — Robert Covington Copy Share Image
I had an inkling that I was going to prison before I actually did, because I'd witnessed my father and my elders… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that. — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
My father came here from Italy as a young boy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in WWII, and went to Harvard… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
My father believed in astrology. His astrologer had predicted that his daughter would become a writer someday. My father would nag me,… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
From being my coach as a kid, and starting his own AAU team for myself and my brothers to play... my father… — Tobias Harris Copy Share Image
I had big dreams and my parents allowed me to travel and go to these traveling teams, and to make it known… — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
And new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out; The sun is lost, and the earth,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have been given something really, really special and really unique, and it is not just in and of itself having learned… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue. — Moby Copy Share Image
He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
There's a big difference in outcomes between children who grow up without a father and children who grow up with a married… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
You are your father's daughter,' he said, the skin around his eyes tightening. 'Trent is his father's son. Apart, you are annoying.… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.' — Ann Curry Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted. — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image
I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was… — Michael Zaslow Copy Share Image
“My Father, You are the Lord my God. I desire to love You, listen to Your voice, and hold fast to You,… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
My father is best known for his light comedies, and Im best known for crazy bad guys with short tempers. — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
The Father and the Son have one Will, and that Will is the Holy Ghost, Who gives Himself to the soul so… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Please don't try and dramatize my relationship with Woody Allen. He was never any kind of father figure to me. — Soon-Yi Previn Copy Share Image
I would never become an alcoholic like my father because my father deserted us. But diseases, there's no let up. — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
“You must promise me, Julian, that you will submit to no man. You are your father’s son. Sometimes predator, sometimes protector. Only… — Adam Pelzman Copy Share Image
I remember the feeling. Whenever my father got so absorbed in a book that we might have been in visible I felt… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I love [my father] so much with all my heart and my soul with every bone in my body I love him… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It's not that my father didn't love me, it's just that he wasn't capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
If I was to pretend my father didn't exist and I didn't have anything to remember him by, then it wouldn't be… — Craig Revel Horwood Copy Share Image
“Lady Macduff: Now God help thee, poor monkey! But how wilt thou do for a father? Son: If he were dead, you'd… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware,… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
My mum and dad got divorced when I was nine and my brother was seven, and all they strived to do was… — Michelle Keegan Copy Share Image