The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I was a young boy, I used to gaze through the microscope of my father at the insects in amber that… — Hendrik Poinar Copy Share Image
I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
“He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left… — William Penn Copy Share Image
I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Let's get up off our knees, stop cringing before bogeymen and virtual fathers, face reality, and help science to do something constructive… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There was something so immensely redemptive and exciting for me to imagine that my unknown father was not just a man who… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My father was a great mentor to me and is someone I admire and look up to. However, it was my mum… — Stuart Broad Copy Share Image
And there was that letter from the Bramleys—that really made me feel good. You don’t find people like the Bramleys now; radio,… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
In the face of the idea that truth might afford the opposite of satisfaction and turn out to be completely shocking to… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
I don't think that anyone could try to be my father, I think he was extremely unique, and if anybody were to… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
Two of the great leaders of the past - Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass - had White fathers - who deserted… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Children with harsh fathers accept much of what is thrown their way as normal because they don’t have a frame of reference… — Robert Whitlow Copy Share Image
My father used to look at people and he treated everyone with such respect, and he always believed that he would rather… — Jim Nantz Copy Share Image
“Letter 17 Morning. The snow was falling outside. There was a white silence. My mother and I sat facing my father at… — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very… — John Dyer Copy Share Image
My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I didn't know until later, but my uncle was quite a famous bohemian in Glasgow, and he played guitar. My father was… — Donovan Copy Share Image
“You are the reason I want to be good, the reason I have seen the evil in my father. You make me… — Rebecca Ethington Copy Share Image
Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than… — Derek Fisher Copy Share Image
Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer… — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult. — Craig T. Nelson Copy Share Image
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My father was a big Bruce Lee fan. He's Chinese-Hawaiian, and my mother is Chinese. He used to take us to all… — Jason Scott Lee Copy Share Image
While my father sang, Pedroza stared at me. By that time my eye pupils were staring at him, too, like a terrier… — Barry McGuigan Copy Share Image
I would never have told my father a lie. We were brought up to be very truthful. I would never lie today.… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's… — John David Washington Copy Share Image
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I never thought I had to forge a family, but it felt the most natural thing that ever happened to me -… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes… — Tiny Tim Copy Share Image
Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure. — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
“The happiest people in my life are people who did the thing our coaches and parents always told us not to do:… — Nora McInerny Purmort Copy Share Image
