Father Quote by Anthony Doerr

“Have a father who lived up to his own promise and then found thing after thing to meet and surpass the expectations of his…

— David Foster Wallace

I told Luke, youre young, youre rich, and youre living in Beverly Hills. If youre not having the time of your life right now,…

— Bill Walton

Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent…

— Jeff Greenfield

“Letters to the Dead" We read the letters of the dead like puzzled gods -- gods nevertheless, because we know what happened later. We…

— Wisława Szymborska

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut…

— Barbara Mertz

When you find you don't like a character, you just type four letters and he's dead.

— Michael Palmer

“My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“My letters! All dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string.… —ELIZABETH…

— Margaret Atwood

My father longed for a better life for us, and when I was nine he got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast.…

— Katie Melua

“My father called twice and left a voicemail—who does that?”

— Megan Erickson

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…

— Chris Chibnall

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

— Teddy Atlas

Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been…

— John Denver