“My father wasn't absolutely delighted. He wanted me to become a lawyer. I studied law, but I thought the shoe business was more exciting.” WantedLawFatherExcitingShoesLawyerDelighted Author:Diego Della Valle
“My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.” WayHumorSchoolFunnyFatherMorningFeetShoesSnowClockEvery Morning Author:Bill Cosby
“And it [Fight Club novel] was written so general that my father thought I was writing about his father, and my boss thought I was writing about his boss. People really put themselves, you know, in the shoes of the narrator.” PeopleKnowsWritingFightingFatherNovelWrittenShoesClubsBossNarratorsFight Club Novel Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“The house I grew up in had large plate-glass windows, which birds frequently crashed into headfirst. My father helped me assemble a bird hospital, consisting of a few shoe boxes, some old rags, and tiny dishes for water and food.” FatherHouseWaterGrewGrew UpBirdWindowShoesGlassesBoxesTinyHospitalsPlatesDishesRags Author:Patti Davis
“We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on to him, begging him to teach ushow to do whatever is masculine, to throw balls or be in the woods or go see where he works. . . . We want our fathers to protect us from coming too completely under the control of our mothers. . . . We want to be seen with Dad, hanging out with men and doing men things.” MenWantTryingLongMotherFatherTeachDadProtectClothesBallsShoesWoodsHanging OutMasculineOur FatherBeggingDoing Me Author:Frank Pittman
“I think it is worse to be poor in mind than in purse, to be stunted and belittled in soul, made a coward, made a liar, made mean and slavish, accustomed to fawn and prevaricate, and "manage" by base arts a husband or a father,--I think this is worse than to be kicked with hobnailed shoes.” ThinkingMindMeanArtMadeSoulFatherPoorHusbandShoesManageLiarsCowardAccustomedPursesFawns Book:The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures Source: The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures