Ability Quote by Margaret Mead

And as I had my father's kind of mind-which was also his mother's-I learned that the mind is not sex-typed.

— Margaret Mead

My mom was my mother and father. My father lost his mind when I was about 4 years old. And my mom did everything…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

When I became a father, all that stuff rose up again from the back of my mind. I suddenly realised how uninvolved my father…

— Juergen Teller

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

— Antony Garrett Lisi

My father was all brain and little heart.

— Stephen Fry

My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.

— Brian Dennehy

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

— Lord Mountbatten

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

— Diane Lane

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father…

— Quincy Jones

My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man.

— Steve Zahn

My father was intelligent and closed-mouthed. He knew a lot more than what he was ever going to tell you.

— John Edgar Wideman

I experienced no conflict between my mother and father, which was entirely due to my mother's compassion, intelligence, and maturity.

— Christie Hefner