My father was the child of academics and was probably destined to become an academic himself but vetoed that idea. Bailed, dropped… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
We grew up in my family thinking that politics was a really fascinating way to spend one's career and a way to… — John F. Kennedy Jr Copy Share Image
He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
“But when your father announced his intentions for us, I knew I had to purge myself of the rage, because loving you...… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
The idea of separating church and state by the Founding Fathers of America was freedom from the domination of one form of… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
My father got a trade union scholarship to Oxford; he lived and breathed politics; he was always watching current-affairs programmes. But I… — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!'… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
My mother was Welsh and I loved going to Wales every summer, where Uncle Les had a farm. My mother had seven… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
But women are always attracted to power. I do not think there could ever be a conqueror so bloody that most women… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
At the age of seven, I wanted a doll with blonde hair and blue eyes like other girls in my class. But… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets… — Addy Copy Share Image
I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When my father died of AIDS, I knew I had to do everything in my power to prevent others from going through… — Natasha Richardson Copy Share Image
You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I'm so thankful for the time my parents have put into me since I started playing. Taking me to training every day… — Aaron Wan-Bissaka Copy Share Image
My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
When we come to worship the God and Father of us all and to partake of the sacrament symbolizing the Atonement of… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
My sister has seen my father's love and my brother, but not me. But Maniesh, I didn't even get love from my… — Bharti Singh Copy Share Image
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I'm sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Father Col, an intrepid defender of the Faith during the French Revolution and the pastor of Bourg-d'Oisans where these good people were… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
“...My dad, may he rest in peace, taught me many wonderful things. And one of the things he taught me was never… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“If my Father says something about me, even if I cannot see it yet, I can rest assured it is so .… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and generally it's a mistake to think… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group. One… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
I keep a Time magazine of Muhammad Ali open at all times. And I have, you know, the only photos I really… — Khalil Rountree Jr Copy Share Image
To say that a family is happy I think is to diminish it, taking out what is interesting. Growing up, I don't… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
“Peter, naomba nitubu kosa. Mimi si mtoto wa Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali. Ni mtoto wa Rais wa Meksiko. Lisa ni mtoto wa… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“More than a father’s daughter, more than husband’s spouse your soul is here to know love, your body yours to decide how… — Marie Anzalone Copy Share Image
I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
“A boy needs a father to show him how to be in the world. He needs to be given swagger, taught how… — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time,… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
“MY FATHER" You know I always had that power, power of words in my pen that could turn my darkest, miserable, unbearable… — Muhammad Talha Copy Share Image