“[T]ruly grand and powerful theories [...] do not and cannot rest upon single observations. Evolution is an inference from thousands of independent sources, the only conceptual structure that can make unified sense of all this disparate information. The failure of a particular claim usually records a local error, not the bankruptcy of a central theory. [...] If I mistakenly identify your father's brother as your own dad, you don't become genealogically rootless and created de novo. You still have a father; we just haven't located him properly.” IfsStillsFatherPowerfulRecordsHavensInformationParticularBrotherTheorySourceEvolutionDadClaimsIndependentStructureErrorsLocalsObservationBankruptcyUnifiedInference Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“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
“Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society.” PastFatherInterestPowerfulHollywoodIntelligentSeekingCampaignsNarrativeVillainCover UpsBaneOffshoreHighly IntelligentObama CampaignPillaging Author:Chris Lehane
“The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process, an unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.” BookYoungFatherNationsProcessPowerfulSecretWrittenJourneyUnusualHauntingSecret LifePersonal History Author:Alan Lightman
“The most powerful teaching a child will ever receive will come from concerned and righteous fathers and mothers.” ChildrenMotherFatherPowerfulTeachingConcernedMost PowerfulRighteous Author:L. Tom Perry
“Prayer is a supernal gift of our Father in Heaven to every soul. Think of it: the absolute Supreme Being, the most all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful personage, encourages you and me, as insignificant as we are, to converse with Him as our Father. Our supplication can be brief or can occupy all the time needed. It can be an extended expression of love and gratitude or an urgent plea for help. He has created numberless cosmos and populated them with worlds, yet you and I can talk with Him personally, and He will ever answer.” ThinkingWorldI CanSoulHelpingFatherHeavenPrayerAnswersPowerfulKnowingSeeingExpressionNeededGratitudeAbsolutesSupremeCosmosInsignificantUrgentOur FatherConversesSupreme BeingFather In HeavenLove And GratitudeSupplicationExpressions Of Love Author:Richard G. Scott
“Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her where you came from and how you got there. Let her see that you have had fears, failures, anxious times, hurts, just like hers, even though you may look flawless to her.” LooksMayFeelingsSeemsFatherSidesHurtPowerfulDaughterReactionsOverwhelmingAnxiousFlawless Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence
“My helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You think that everything is closed to you because you cannot pray. My friend, your helplessness is the very essence of prayer.” ThinkingHeartFatherPrayerPowerfulFriendsPrayingMy FriendsEssenceMost PowerfulHelplessHelplessness Book:Prayer Source: Prayer