The odd thing, my dear," said her father, "is that once one has ceased trying to protect self, one finds one's self… — Donita K. Paul Copy Share Image
My parents both had eighth-grade educations. My mother had five kids by the time she was 23, and my father was a… — Louis DeJoy Copy Share Image
The most important thing to me is to give something back to my parents, because they've done so much for me throughout… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
If you ask my dad, I'm always the person that found the little bird out of the nest and is trying to… — Jill Ellis Copy Share Image
My dad was a wonderful, wonderful person. Sadly, he had some demons. There is a silver lining in all of that. You… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
All we have to do is to go onward and upward, and keep the commandments of our Father and God; and he… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Just as my father read to us as children, I used to read to my own children and now read to my… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
My father was very confrontational and an intellectual bully. My mom was a peacemaker who wanted to make everyone comfortable. — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
Words were weapons, his father had taught him that, and he'd wanted to hurt Clary more than he'd ever wanted to hurt… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I have a lot of my mother in me, but I was just born with the same parts as my father. I… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“If I've got a Dad, and his name is Wormwood Rot, and he's in some heavy metal rock band called Grave Dirt… — Rusty Fischer Copy Share Image
My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to see someone lose their job as a result of the European Union. I saw my father… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Levittown, L.I., in the first tract housing built for G.I.'s. His dad had stormed the beaches of… — Bert Kreischer Copy Share Image
I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done,… — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I think there's just incredible amounts of labeling generally and as woman, as a man, as a gay man, as a mother,… — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
He die one day, and then he go above of my head to live with your father." He weared the long hair,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Today's Father Day and we're giving you a tie, it's not much you know, it's just our way of showing you, you're… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
It's true that Eastern philosophy and religion were not unknown to me as a child, since my father has explored much in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
My father has been targeted for persecution by the Turkish government and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because of his association… — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I was born in a temple to a priest father, in a place like Benaras. So, my upbringing has been influenced by… — Ravi Kishan Copy Share Image
Guns in America have an atavistic force. Possessing them, or the act of not possessing them, is an identity that seems to… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My father always encouraged me to do whatever I wanted, providing I was happy. He wanted me to go to school, but… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
My father came a couple of times, but he always blamed his hearing loss on my loud amplifiers. So he didn't come… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
God empowered him; and my father, when he stood to preach, he wasn't preaching his message, he was preaching God's message. — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
When the sins of our fathers visit us We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness As… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better health care for workers. My… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
“Other dads actually sat at the dinner table. Mine left me a fifty and a reminder to do my goddamn katas.” — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
My father was prolific when it came to writing: day-timers, journals. He wrote on pieces of loose-leaf paper that he held on… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
One night, my father woke me up because he'd come home with a horse. Two days later, I asked my mother where… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I want to be a professional. I want to be like my TV father, Bill Smitrovich. He's an easy, calm actor. I… — Chris Burke Copy Share Image
