“When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?” YearsGuyFatherGamesRightsWillingHugeAmountNflChampionshipWorthlessThis GuyChampionship Games Author:Steve Sabol
“My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found me for half the amount of money. So anyone would think that they're stupid, that that would be a stupid move.” ThinkingFirstsWould BeJobsMovingActorsFoundFatherLeftHalfStupidAmountWaiter Author:Alfred Molina
“Working with my father [Stephen Hawking ] is a great thrill - he has the amazing ability to hold enormous amounts of information in his head.” FatherAbilityInformationAmountEnormousThrill Author:Stephen Hawking
“When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.” ThinkingKidsMotherFatherAmountDreamer Author:Frank Gehry
“I respect the Kennedy family. I respect their service. They do a tremendous amount of good. You don't blame the children for the sins of the father and all of that.” ChildrenFatherSinAmountBlameSins Of The FatherKennedy Family Author:Bernard Goldberg
“I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up by her father. I've been stunned by the amount of men in my life that have contacted me since my speech to tell me to keep going, and that they want to make sure that their daughters will still be alive to see a world where women have power and equality, economically and politically.” MenWorldWantStillsFatherTakenAliveFansAmountSpeechDaughterBreathsKeep GoingBeatenStunned Author:Emma Watson
“My fathers a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is now Belize.” CertainFatherFieldsAmountMissionsBritishClergymenHonduras Author:John Hurt
“On the first day of school, my father told me I'd be the most popular girl and everyone would love me and want to be my friend. It wasn't so, but it gave me an enormous amount of confidence.” WantFirstsSchoolGirlFatherAmountMy FriendsEnormousFirst Day Of SchoolPopular Girl Author:Maeve Binchy
“I calculated the amount of time I spent with my father during my entire life... the total amount of time I had with him, if you add up the hours, was about two months. My father was a busy man... we had very few opportunities to really sit down and talk as father and son.” IfsMenTwoFatherOpportunityHoursSonMonthsAmountDown AndAddBusyTwo MonthsFather And SonBusy Man Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter.” KindLittlesDoneActorsFatherStarsActingBoysHeardCollegeHugeAmountLaughterTheaterTeenagerFestivalsGangApplauseLittle BoysCampusPrecociousOff To CollegeTheater Family Author:John Lithgow