“Who will kiss you? Who will rock you to sleep?" His voice was slow, drowsy. "You never did," I said, trying to… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was an… — Charlie Rose Copy Share Image
Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I grew up without a father, who was kept a mystery to me. There was a sense of uprootedness, things being one… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“No doubt Richard's father, like my mother, had once held his infant son in his arms, looked into the eyes of his… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
My father and uncles would often tell me that I was going to become a hero because somebody or the other was… — Sunny Singh Copy Share Image
Wrong' training can be a very innocent thing. Consider a father who allows his child to read good books. That child may… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there.… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord, We have a… — Bible Copy Share Image
In the days of Ram Mohan Roy when English education was introduced in this country, the Mahomedans did not accept it... They… — Chittaranjan Das Copy Share Image
Father, we come here open heartedly, and I ask that you hear our prayer,and you give her the heart and the mercy… — Levita Copy Share Image
Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had heard a lot of stories about my father and celebrities, most of them from his own mouth. In his stories,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I'll be shadow-boxing and look over and see Kai shadow-boxing around the house. Me and my wife trip out all the time… — Cody Garbrandt Copy Share Image
I've inherited the worst of each parent. I have my father's hypochondria and lack of concentration. I have his amorality. I have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
For the sinful self is not my real self, it is not the self YOU have wanted for me, only the self… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
In the hands of [God's] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. it gives… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
I really actually started when I was 10 years old, but before that, I loved to play with Father because he played… — Son Heung-min Copy Share Image
I grew up with sentiments such as, "Do what will make you happy, troubles are God's redirections that something good will come… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to… — Sidney Altman Copy Share Image
You never cared that I was your sister before.” “Didn’t I?” His black eyes flicked up and down her. “Our father’s dead,”… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I had a right to my own political opinions. I am a Southern woman, born with Revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom… — Rose O'Neal Greenhow Copy Share Image
My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I had to steel myself against this psychic devastation - to see your father on the street. It's hard enough to pick… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
“I usually describe my father as a man given to impenetrable solitude. If I turn the phrase I can apply it to… — Elizabeth Hay Copy Share Image
“Hello,Dad." "Well,well,well, so you're still alive." The booming, full-bodied voice was not so subtly laced with sarcasm. "Your mother and I thought… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I wonder if my father, given the chance, would have wished to go back to the time before he made all that… — Chang-rae Lee Copy Share Image
When I was little I knew my father had been an orphan and had lived in an orphanage. I was curious, but… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Only just now she said to me, ‘I am very happy, papa!’ When they say ‘father’ stiffly, it sends a chill through… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
Say, my father runs a business, and today my brother is running it for him. There are people who have worked with… — Sargun Mehta Copy Share Image
Isn't my music the last of the real rhythm and blues? Isn't it great? It's because of my musicians, we were weaned… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what's best - As above, so below. Keep us… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
![“In the hands of [God's] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. it gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense for the…” quote by John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/john-wesley-1398_blind_in-the-hands-of-god-s-children-it-is-foo_3055083.jpg)
![“I always thought my father [influenced me most] because he was so well read, I tried to model myself on him, but really as I go through life I realise it was my mother who gave me the most valuable instructions. I didn't understand or accept it at the time. She taught me to read and to pray - two…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f7/patti-smith-394_accepting_i-always-thought-my-father-influenced-me_2402878.jpg)
