Accepting Quote by Edmund Hillary

The fact that my dad was never around gave me a lot of determination. It really set this fire full of fuel, so to…

— DJ Ashba

My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.

— Roz Chast

My father deprived me of any truths about himself. He died without ever letting me know who he truly was. I only knew his…

— Joshua Mohr

I have never tried to bear a judgment against my own father because I consider that, in our European culture, one does not judge…

— Marine Le Pen

When I was first trying to explain to my parents that I was really a girl, my father didn't know what to do. He…

— Nicole Maines

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please

— Robert Mapplethorpe

My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my…

— Juergen Teller

My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want…

— Walter Mosley

My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of…

— Lincoln Steffens

My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.

— M.I.A

My father, for his part, was not a man to begrudge anyone a divergent opinion; he'd have been fine if I had written some…

— Patti Davis

Most of my childhood memories of my father are of being ignored. I was his namesake, but nothing I did ever pleased or even…

— Marlon Brando