Father Quote by Robert Harris

My father had inklings of my cultural aspirations. He would take me to the library, things like that. But he wasn't one of those…

— Gary Kemp

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

— Annie Lennox

History has been my primary intellectual passion ever since, as a boy in Southern California, I began reading books on World War II and…

— Max Boot

My mother was a professor of English and History.

— Sonu Sood

My father was a journalist.

— Daniel Snyder

Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London in the…

— David Lammy

I am greatly influenced by my father who was a journalist.

— Jaya Bachchan

I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did…

— John Henrik Clarke

My parents came from lower-class British backgrounds. But they worked hard and, without formal education, made it where they are today.

— Amy Jackson

'MotherFatherSon' was just an extraordinary read and I wanted to be a part of it.

— Sarah Lancashire

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

— Alexander Chee

I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as…

— Richard Dawkins