I was close enough to my father to see that he’d heard the…

When I pray, I feel close to my Father in Heaven, and I feel His guiding hand in my life. If there is one…

— Jane Clayson

I held my father's hand while he died of cancer, and it's really painful when you do something like that up close and personal.…

— Elizabeth Warren

I was really close to my father since I was young. He always told me that I had to work in order to become…

— Jose Aldo

I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed…

— Judy Garland

I was very close to my father. Very close.

— Jackie Coogan

“My father became a mythical figure, more force than man. . .he was a force my mother would use as a threat of wrath…

— Dagoberto Gilb

I didn't feel particularly close to my father.

— Henry Louis Gates

I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.

— Samantha Power

I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When…

— Kim Cattrall

My father longed for a better life for us, and when I was nine he got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast.…

— Katie Melua

“My father called twice and left a voicemail—who does that?”

— Megan Erickson

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…

— Chris Chibnall

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

— Teddy Atlas