“Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.” ChildrenHas BeensTurnsCoursesFatherOpportunityLosingDiedAdversityThemeOnly ChildFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Thomas G. Stemberg
“Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.” WorldChristianCoursesFatherPracticeStandardsAncientPenaltiesDeath PenaltyChristian FatherAncient World Author:N. T. Wright
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and father had Cherokee blood in them. I was born and raised in Indian Territory. 'Course we're not the Americans whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed.” IfsRunningMotherCoursesFatherBornBloodMetsDiversityRaisedFolksTrackBoatIndianTerritoryAncestorMother And FatherBorn And RaisedRight TrackCherokeeMayflower Author:Will Rogers
“I met my wife [Sukhinder Kaur Gill] in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term, 'courting’. And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don't take marriage seriously.” PeopleKnowsYearsMightThreeCoursesFatherParentTermWifeMetsFunctionDifficultyWestMy WifeIndianOfficialsThree YearsBombay Author:Glenn Turner
“I didn't cry at my father's funeral, and I felt guilty about that. Of course, he got sick not too long after he and I had had that final altercation, and I felt real guilty because of that, too. Then years later, one day, I was probably in my late twenties, early thirties, and I just broke down crying, because I finally got my father.” YearsLongRealCoursesFatherFeltCryOne DayLateSickTwentiesFinalsGuiltyBrokeFuneralLate Twenties Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I had a very full life, with pains and losses, of course. I lost all the people I was closest to: my partner, my father, and my best friends, but I can't complain. I am 91 years old and I am still here at my desk.” PeopleYearsStillsI CanPainCoursesFatherLostLossComplainingPartnersClosestDesksMy Best FriendFull LifePain And Loss Author:Giovanna Cau
“When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of course it's going to be a big deal.” BigsMotherCoursesFatherParentDealsOur LivesDiedGiantsBig DealFather DiedTitansMother DiedMy Father Died Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway.” WantIdeasDifferentReasonWould BeWantedCoursesActorsFatherDecidedHatedDifferent Directions Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get you down, but I always cheer up immensely if one is particularly wounding because I think well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. That is why my father always taught me: never worry about anyone who attacks you personally; it means their arguments carry no weight and they know it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingWellsMeanPoliticalUsedCoursesFatherLeftWorryTaughtArgumentCriticismWeightCheerCheer UpPolitical Arguments Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways?” WayImportantAgeFacesCoursesFatherLosesMiddleStupidPreparedArguingMiddle AgesOur FatherPrestigeNot Stupid Author:Robertson Davies
“From the beginning it was drilled into me that a golf course was a place where character fully reveals itself -- both its strengths and its flaws. As a result, I learned early not only to fix my ball marks but also to congratulate an opponent on a good shot, avoid walking ahead of a player preparing to shoot, remain perfectly still when someone else was playing, and a score of other small courtesies that revealed, in my father's mind, one's abiding respect for the game.” MindStillsCharacterCoursesFatherGamesResultsPlayerWalkingShotsBallsMarkGolfOpponentsScoreFlawsPreparingCourtesyAbidingGolf Course Author:Arnold Palmer
“My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And of course he was perfectly right.” SaidCoursesFatherDearMannersTelephones Book:The Chinese Shawl Source: The Chinese Shawl
“I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very wise man and I realised at an early age I could learn a lot from him. He always gave me the right answer. But above all he was a very easy-going guy and all he wanted was to be my best friend. I'm an only child and so he shared everything with me. Of course he was very young to die and I was very young to lose a father. But there was nothing left unsaid between us.” MenChildrenI CanAgeWantedYoungGuyDiesCoursesFatherLeftEasyLosesAnswersWiseMissingMy Best FriendRealisedOnly ChildRight AnswersUnsaidVery WiseEasy Going Author:Dhani Harrison
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past--the portrayals of family life on such television programs as "Leave it to Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" and all the rest.” KnowsWayRealPastRememberCoursesFatherFamilyPiecesChildhoodTelevisionProgramAnd LoveVideoCombinationCollectivesBitternessParenthoodFamily LifePortrayalBeaversFather Knows Best Book:Childhood's Future Source: Childhood's Future
“my mother hoped that i would die etcetera bravely of course my father used to become hoarse talking about how it was a privilege and if only he could” IfsUsedMotherDiesCoursesFatherTalkingDyingBraveryPrivilegeEtcetera Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Mama wrote a letter to my father saying' I want to work with you' and she ended the letter saying' in Italian I can only say ti amo( I love you)' and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators, in 1949 they made a first film together,' Stromboli', and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.” WantLoveFirstsMadeI CanTogetherFilmUsedMotherCoursesFatherLove YouBrotherLettersPressesDivorceMy BrotherItalianPregnantMamaPredator Author:Isabella Rossellini