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Father Quotes by Sherman Alexie
- My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the…
- My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
- My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television…
- My father is an amazing man.
- She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my father said. 'She…
- He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both…
More Father Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. — John James Audubon
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to… — Jensen Ackles
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik