I was drawn to it much to my father's dismay. He wanted me to be a pianist like he was, but I… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
I pulled the oxygen tubes from my nostrils and raised the tube up over my head, handing it to Dad. I wanted… — John Green Copy Share Image
The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from… — Sam Taylor-Johnson Copy Share Image
My stepdad I always used to think was my real dad and even to this day I still do. He's been unbelievable,… — Aaron Mooy Copy Share Image
My father worked for the Foreign Office, so he was away a lot of the time. We were a very volatile family.… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with… — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you… — Connor McDavid Copy Share Image
My parents were Hungarian immigrants; my father was a tailor and we lived in the back of a tailor store. And that… — Tony Curtis Copy Share Image
I picked up the Puerto Rican accent from my father, and my sister picked up my mother's very clear, concise, and slow… — Alanna Ubach Copy Share Image
My father died very suddenly at sixty-three. Just dropped dead. For a long time afterward, I'd ask myself, Why didn't I ask… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, "The world has seen harder times, and the… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
My father was a complex man - expansive and uncontainable, volatile and aggressive. He was also the one who introduced me to… — Mandy Ingber Copy Share Image
We become male automatically because of the Y chromosome and the little magic peanut, but if we are to become men we… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's name through… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A father is neither a sun nor moon to light up the whole sky. He is just a candle in the shadows… — Andrew Chen Copy Share Image
The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte. — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
When critics called me a duplicate of my father, I knew I can't do anything about my genes but I ensured that… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Before I was ever a poet, my father was writing poems about me, so it was a turning of the tables when… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
My father made bridal dresses, which he sold wholesale, and always wanted me to join him. He looked upon what I did… — Denis Norden Copy Share Image
The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The tenderness of Jesus… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
Deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
My father mainly liked writers. His friends were writers. He wanted to find the writing. That was his main frustration I think. — Stephen Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
“... and you're the son of his youngest. He has no other children. Oh, your father's dead, by the way. Fell off… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
My father has been out of office for 25 years and I've been working in the private sector. I've been raising a… — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
I continue to be amazed throughout this journey towards becoming a father with hearing our little pumpkins heartbeat for the first time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother… — Yaya DaCosta Copy Share Image
My father himself was a human geneticist who was recognized for demonstrating that older mothers tend to get more Down syndrome children,… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
I still love my dad and appreciate what he's done for me, but I despise some of the things he has done… — Dwight Yorke Copy Share Image
My father, unusually for a PoW, talked about his experiences, but he talked about them in a very limited way. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad used to say 'Always fight fire with fire,' which is probably why he got thrown out of the the fire… — Harry Hill Copy Share Image
We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
I appeal to the Latter-day Saints to be honest with the Lord, and I promise them that peace, prosperity and financial success… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
