Discouraging Quote by Charles Bukowski

My father never kissed me, hugged me or told me that he loved me. As my only living parent, he became the filter through…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I liked my father a lot, but I didn't see him very often because my mother was bitter about him. He remarried, and I…

— Stephen Sondheim

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

— Jordan Peele

My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.

— John Lennon

My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my…

— James Packer

My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

The fact I didn't have my father in my life shaped the way it's gone. And it shaped the way I interact with men…

— Alison Hammond

I would say my relationship with my father has had a bigger impact on me than I knew. Even with the things that I…

— Rihanna

I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she…

— Joan Lingard

I never met my father. He left before I was born.

— apl.de.ap

I didn't feel particularly close to my father.

— Henry Louis Gates

I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his.…

— Christian Bale