“Add there was that moment when my mother and father walked in the door disguised as old people. I thought the miles in the car had bent them, dulled their eyes, even grayed and whitened their hair and caused their hands and voices to tremble. At the same time, I found, as I rose form the chair, I'd gotten old along with them.” PeopleMomentsHandsEyeFormMotherFoundFatherVoiceDoorsCarHairAddRoseMilesChairsThat MomentBentOld PeopleMother And Father Author:Louise Erdrich
“Junior was being chided for his low grades. Little Robert, who lived a few doors away, was held up as an example. "Robert doesn't get C's and D's does he?" asked his father. "No," Junior admitted, "but he's different. He has very bright parents".” LittlesDoeDifferentFatherParentDoorsExampleIntellectualLowsGradesJuniors Book:Braude's Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and Speakers Source: Braude's Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and Speakers
“My father said: "If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back."” IfsWantSaidRunningGirlFatherDoorsFrontsCheatingComing OutFront Doors Author:Tracy Morgan
“Oh, it is sad for a poor Christian to stand at the door of the promise, in the dark night of affliction, afraid to draw the latch, whereas he should then come boldly for shelter as a child into his father's house.” ShouldChildrenChristianNightFatherHouseDarkPoorDoorsPromiseDrawsShelterAfflictionDark NightLatches Author:William Gurnall
“I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the mix, it just opens up all sorts of doors for them to bond.” MeanGirlFatherCommonComedyDoorsAddTeenageTeenage Girl Author:Stephanie Beatriz
“In the U.S., coaches could be the father next door. They had no formal training. They're like old hockey players. They don't go to school and study.” SchoolNextFatherStudyPlayerDoorsTrainingCoachesHockeyFormalHockey Player Author:Gabe Polsky
“God not only loves his people but delights in each one of us. He takes great pleasure in us. He's actually blessed in keeping and delivering us. I see this kind of parental pleasure in my wife, Gwen, whenever one of our grandchildren calls. Gwen lights up like a Christmas tree when she has one of our dear little ones on the line. Nothing can get her off the phone. Even if I told her the President was at our door, she'd shoo me away and keep talking. How could I ever accuse my heavenly Father of delighting in me less than I do in my own offspring?” PeopleIfsKindLittlesLightFatherPresidentLinesMy OwnPleasureTalkingWifeDoorsTreeBlessedDearPhonesDelightMy WifeHeavenlyGrandchildrenHeavenly FatherOnly LoveOffspringDeliveringParentalLight UpChristmas TreeKeep Talking Author:David Wilkerson
“My father actually lived next door to Hobie Alter [creator of the Hobie catamarans]. So growing up, we had prototypes and experimental things that we could play with; it was just fabulous. I actually bought my first surfboard in junior high. I saved my money.” FirstsPlayNextFatherGrowing UpGrowingDoorsCreatorSavedFabulousJuniorsJunior HighPrototype Author:Bo Derek
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“In my twenties I would be skeptical of a bad haircut, but once you turn thirty it's more about whether he a nice person and does he open the door for me. Once you turn thirty-five, it's more about would he make a good father. And even if you're just liking somebody and digging on someone, I think you can't help but think in those terms.” IfsThinkingPersonsDoeHelpingWould BeTurnsFatherTermFiveNiceDoorsTwentiesThirtySkepticalDiggingHaircutsGood FatherNice PersonBad Haircuts Author:Rashida Jones
“People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors. They may not be old enough to register to vote, but they can urge their teachers, their parents, their grandparents, their mothers, their fathers, and others to get out and vote.” PeopleShouldMayEnoughMotherTurnsFatherProcessParentTeacherDoorsVoteDemocraticUrgesOrganizeGrandparentRegisterDemocratic Process Author:John Lewis
“Jesus told his followers not to pray in the public square 'as the hypocrites' do, but rather 'enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret,' Mr. DeLay not only wants to pray in public, he wants C-SPAN and the nightly news to cover it!” WantFatherJesusSecretDoorsPrayingNewsScaryFollowersSquaresClosetsDelayHypocrite Author:Ron Barrier
“This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.” SchoolChristianFatherReligiousDoorsNotionFoundingPublic School1960s Author:William Murchison
“I learned much from my father just by watching his example. If I saw him hold a door open for someone, I learned to do the same. Kids always observe their parents and I always watched my daddy.” IfsKidsFatherParentSawsDoorsExampleDaddy Author:Jerry Della Femina
“I literally didn't know my father. My mother had been a secretary, and after she and my father split, she went back to work for an advertising executive. So my older brother and I were "latch-door kids." We went home for lunch and after school by ourselves.” KnowsHomeKidsSchoolMotherFatherDoorsBrotherAdvertisingExecutivesLunchSplitsSecretaryBack To WorkOlder BrotherAfter SchoolLatches Author:George Carlin
“We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew up in praying homes, our father launched a Christian school with nothing, basically he had some people that believed in the project but they had very little resources, and we watched our parents deal with those issues first in prayer, and then when they went out knocking on doors they saw amazing doors answered and resources come in.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeSchoolChristianFatherParentPrayerAnswersDealsIssuesSawsDoorsGrewPrayingProjectsGrew UpResourcesIncrediblesOur FatherAlexKnockingAnswers To PrayerChristian SchoolsKnocking On Doors Author:Stephen Kendrick