Because Quote by W. G. Sebald

My father wasn't there the majority of the time. My father, someone who I always honored and looked up to, had been in the…

— Rick Ross

My father was not really a presence for me. He was away; he was in the German army.

— W. G. Sebald

I never truly got to know my grandfather before he passed away, but he inspires me to search more deeply to understand myself.

— Ethan Peck

My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know him very…

— Anne Reid

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't…

— Flea

My father was never around. It was almost as if he didn't exist. I would tell my friends he was in Cleveland, on business.…

— Danny Aiello

I always looked up to my mother. My father was never around.

— Cedric Alexander

When I was young, my brother David and I were farmed off to foster homes, and I spent time in orphanages. My father abandoned…

— Wayne Dyer

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

— Novak Djokovic

My dad was young; he went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was…

— Bruce Springsteen

My mother, Edna, was a seamstress and my father, John, was a Royal Marine, and at war when I was born - so I…

— Angela Rippon

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