Dad Quote by Homer Hickam Download Open image “My dad was a miner, but he was very much an intellectual. He loved to read.” — Homer Hickam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dad He Intellectual Loved Read
My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry. — Faye Marsay Copy Share Image
We were all miners in our family. My father was a miner. My mother is a miner. These are miner's hands, but we were… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner. — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V. , yelling… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor, but he was what I would call an intellectual - very well-read and very interested in knowledge. He insisted… — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was… — James Tobin Copy Share Image
Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read. — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
After marketing surveys by Universal Studios indicated that 'Rocket Boys' as a movie title would not attract the female over-age-thirty demographic, the film was… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should be happening… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
The best way to learn to write is to read in the genre you might be interested in; then, you need to actually sit… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal government that… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the lives of… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen years afterward. — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, one of my favorite places to go was a pine-filled hollow high on the mountain behind our house. It… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
“The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is.” — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
When the moon was first visited in 1969, the astronauts brought back a treasure trove of unique minerals. Contained within specimens was an isotope… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Grandma, please. It’s okay. Dad’s doing a great job. I give him kudos for at least being calm and rational, and not losing his… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
As a family, we all loved the Flyers. To me, rooting for the Flyers were how I bonded with my dad especially. — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad. — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I… — Karthi Copy Share Image
My mom and dad had the relationship that I want, and they were teammates. They were always equal 50/50. — Becca Kufrin Copy Share Image
The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions-… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Most people are sensitized to animals through their cats and dogs, but for me it was a flounder. I used to go fishing with… — Dan Mathews Copy Share Image
I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad's room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
I talk to my dad all the time, he's more like my buddy than my father, and he's not happy that I use him… — David Spade Copy Share Image
