“The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.” ChildrenMotherFatherParentGratitudeOur ChildrenBillsDebtGrandparentFridayMother And FatherHappy FridayDebt Of Gratitude Author:Nancy Friday
“Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable items in his education were never entered in the bills which his father paid for.” KnowsMenShouldFatherEducationStrangeGeniusCircumstancesPaidBillsPreparedPracticalsItems Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fellows call me Bill!.” MotherFatherNamesFellowsBillsCall Me Author:Eugene Field
“William 'Big Bill' Rockefeller, who sold cancer 'cures' from a medicine wagon, taught him to leap into his arms from a tall chair. One time his father held his arms out to catch him but pulled them away as little John jumped. The fallen son was told sternly, 'Remember, never trust anyone completely, not even me.'” LittlesBigsRememberFatherTaughtSonArmsBillsMedicineCancerCuresFallenChairsLeapTallOne TimeNever TrustWagonsNever Trust AnyoneCancer Cure Author:Jim Marrs
“Reagan's story of freedom superficially alludes to the Founding Fathers, but its substance comes from the Gilded Age, devised by apologists for the robber barons. It is posed abstractly as the freedom of the individual from government control a Jeffersonian ideal at the roots of our Bill of Rights, to be sure. But what it meant in politics a century later, and still means today, is the freedom to accumulate wealth without social or democratic responsibilities and license to buy the political system right out from everyone else.” MeanStillsStoriesGovernmentAgeTodayPoliticalFatherIndividualSocialWealthResponsibilityRightsCenturyIdealsRootsBillsDemocraticSubstanceFoundingLicensePolitical SystemsBill Of RightsRobbersGildedGilded AgeRobber Baron Author:Bill Moyers
“Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.” ThinkingLooksChildrenYoungFatherPresidentPowerfulInfluenceFiguresWeakBillsClintonAbsenceBarackMost PowerfulAbsentJohnsonYoung ChildrenFather Figure Author:Jeff Greenfield
“The number one lesson I received from my father is to be responsible for yourself and your family. The responsibility you embrace is working, paying the bills, and coming home EACH night, just as a start.” HomeNightFatherNumbersResponsibilityLessonsResponsibleBillsEmbraceOur FamilyComing HomeBeing Responsible Author:Tony Gaskins
“Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.” WorldMeanHas BeensFatherMoralRightsEconomicExampleChangedGrewGeniusEqualCommitmentConstitutionIndependenceBillsLikesDefinedEnterpriseDeclarationFoundingLiberatingOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of IndependenceBill Of RightsEconomic SystemsFree EnterpriseWhat It Means To Be An American Author:Mitt Romney
“Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.” PeopleFatherCommunityRightsProtectBillsDetermineFoundingOur CommunityOur Founding FathersBill Of Rights Author:Mike Quigley
“It's nine months before the election and Bush's poll numbers have fallen to the exact level that his father's poll numbers were nine months before he lost to Bill Clinton. Today front runner John Kerry said he's not superstitious, but just to be on the safe side, he's going to start f---ing everything that moves.” SaidTodayMovingFatherLostSidesLevelsNumbersFrontsMonthsSafeElectionBillsClintonNineFallenRunnersPollsSuperstitiousJohn KerryNine Months Author:Bill Maher