“I love my kids, I'm a proud father, a happy husband, and all of that. I live my life with my wife as a normal person, and that's that.” PersonsKidsFatherWifeProudHusbandNormalMy WifeLiving My LifeI Live My LifeI Love My KidsLove My KidsProud Father Author:Kevin Federline
“The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, brother, husband or even her son. Terrorism becomes a bit of a family business.” FatherBitsReligiousGroupsSonBrotherHusbandTerrorismTerroristSecularInvolvement Author:Mia Bloom
“My father was the quintessential husband and dad.” FatherDadHusbandQuintessential Author:Sidney Poitier
“In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married, the answer lies in large part in the contemporary devaluation of the husband and of the father - of men as men, in other words.” IfsMenLittlesLyingFatherAnswersWonderRolesGenerationsFeminismHusbandMarriedContemporary Author:Dennis Prager
“But when you only speak using generalizations, you run the danger of denying the specific. In recent decades, millions of people have come to us from cultural groups within which women have absolutely no rights. They do not have a voice of their own and they are totally dependent on their fathers, brothers or husbands. That applies to North Africa and that applies to large parts of the Middle East. It isn't always linked to Islam.” PeopleRunningFatherSpeakVoiceMillionsRightsGroupsMiddleDangerBrotherHusbandIslamEastDecadesDependentMiddle EastLinkedGeneralizationNorth Africa Author:Alice Schwarzer
“I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan and Iraq are being overwhelmed by those fleeing the conflict in Syria, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Many are severely tortured - abused women and their traumatized children whose husbands, fathers, and brothers have been killed or permanently disabled.” ChildrenLongHas BeensTodayFatherBrotherHusbandConflictClothesLong TimeIraqPalestinianSyriaRefugeeOverwhelmedTurkeysIsraeliDisabledJordanFleeingLebanonAbused WomenBeing OverwhelmedFather And BrotherPalestinian Refugees Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“I was a small business owner, father, and husband just living out in the suburbs. I kind of had a boring life until Post Secret came and turned that upside down. I printed up 3000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the street, inviting them to write down a secret on that postcard anonymously and mail it to me. I got a lot of surprises.” PeopleWritingKindSelfFatherSecretStreetsHusbandSurpriseBoringPostsOwnersMailSmall BusinessPrintedUpside DownSuburbsInvitingBusiness OwnersPostcardsSmall Business OwnersBoring Life Author:Frank Warren
“You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult life, what am I not doing as a husband? What am I not doing as a father? The whole thing started unraveling with me that once I kept it up close to the chest, I could hold it all in, but once I started letting it out, it all started coming out.” KnowsWholeFatherMy OwnKnow HowHusbandAdultsDenialChestsComing OutMy Own LifeGreat PowerUnraveling Author:Terry Gross
“My success has a lot to do with my private life. I've matured a lot by first becoming a husband and now a father. My life is in the right direction. And that helps a player to thrive. One thing is linked with the other. My private life has helped me.” FirstsHelpingLife IsFatherPlayerOne ThingBecomingHusbandThriveLinkedPrivate LifeRight DirectionMatured Author:Novak Djokovic
“I think it's sensible to plan for the future now I'm a father and a husband.” ThinkingFatherPlansHusbandSensible Author:Andy Murray
“As time goes on you are given responsibility and other things to deal with. You become a husband and a father and there's another shirt of stuff.” FatherGivenStuffDealsResponsibilityGoes OnHusbandShirtsTime Goes On Author:Mike Ness
“It'd be nice to just hear, "You did a great job." I don't say this from personal experience because I have an amazing husband who is an amazing father. I say this knowing he does it all the time. He's always great about saying, "You were amazing today." He does it without me having to ask for it and there's something so beautiful about not fishing for that compliment from your partner that gives you that much more of stability and confidence.” GivingDoeTodayJobsBeautifulAsksFatherKnowingNiceHusbandPartnersFishingComplimentStabilityBeing NicePersonal ExperiencesGreat Job Author:Mila Kunis
“Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.” MenHumansFatherBlackHuman BeingsHusband Author:Tracy Morgan
“A woman was the property of her father or her husband and that remained true right into the twentieth century. It wasn't until 1975 that women had a guaranteed right to serve on federal juries.” FatherCenturyHusbandPropertyTwentieth CenturyJury Author:Noam Chomsky
“My husband lived in Lucknow. My father lived in Delhi, of course. So I shuttled between Delhi and Lucknow and...naturally, if my husband needed me on days when I was in Delhi, I ran back to Lucknow. But if it was my father who needed me, on the days when I was in Lucknow. And...yes, my husband got angry. And he quarreled. We quarreled. We quarreled a lot. It's true.” IfsCoursesFatherNeededHusbandAngryRanMy HusbandDelhi Author:Indira Gandhi
“Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted to have children, or when I was a woman and devoted myself to my father, making my husband angry. Each time I stayed involved all the way in my decision, and took the consequences. Even if I was fighting for things that didn't concern India.” IfsWayChildrenWantedGirlFightingFatherDecisionInvolvedHusbandConsequenceConcernIndiaAngryBritishMy HusbandDevotedMonkeys Author:Indira Gandhi
“I entered politics out of a desire to serve, but I have always really wanted to achieve things in the private sector as well. As a father and a husband, that is my primary obligation, and that will always continue, whether I am in the Senate or out of the Senate.” WellsWantedDesireFatherAchieveHusbandObligationPrimariesSenatePrivate Sector Author:Marco Rubio
“Even my going back to school was to inspire young people that it's never too late to education. That's all I can do, and try to be the best father and husband that I can be.” PeopleTryingI CanSchoolYoungFatherCan DoInspireHusbandLateBeing The BestToo LateNever Too LateBest FatherGoing Back To School Author:Mark Wahlberg
“[I want to be remembered] as a great servant of God who tried to give back as much as possible, and as a great father and husband.” WantGivingFatherHusbandRememberedServantGiving BackServant Of GodGreat Father Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I'm still divided in my principles and what I think is right and what I'm actually able to do, whether talking about writing or being a citizen or being a husband or being a father. And I'm trying to get better.” ThinkingWritingTryingStillsAbleFatherTalkingPrinciplesCitizensHusbandGet BetterDividedBeing A Father Author:John Edgar Wideman
“I've learned to become a progressive man because I have four women in my life. And their mother, who I'm not married to anymore, but who impresses me because of our relationship. Because we have a very deep and friendly relationship that is completely about who we really are now. Before it was husband, wife, mother, father. But now it's about who we are as human beings. Because we didn't give up on each other. And because we didn't hurt each other and blister each other from a divorce. We became tight. Best friends. And more than that even, because now we're best parents.” MenGivingHumansMotherFatherParentHurtHuman BeingsFourWifeHusbandGiving UpMarriedDivorceI've LearnedWho We AreFriendlyProgressiveOur RelationshipImpressVery DeepBlistersHusband WifeBest ParentsWife Mother Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good husband and the ability to show compassion for others.” BelievePersonsShowsFatherI BelieveAbilityActingCompassionTalentHusbandGreat PersonGood FatherGood HusbandCompassion For OthersBeing A Good Father Author:Michael Ealy
“When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I understood was my father. Turns out he wasn't. He was my mother's first husband.” MenFirstsKidsMotherTurnsFatherSawsHusbandUnderstoodBobSaxophoneBaritones Author:Jon Gordon
“Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.” FatherFailingDadHusbandMy DadDiamondToysHusband And WifeFunny Dad Author:Shahrukh Khan
“The answer is for all of us to create our own systems, our own ideas, because vibrant independent ideas will trump this corporate, plastic Borg, this brainwashing they're trying to push. I mean, banning 'father' and 'mother,' banning the word 'husband' and 'wife,' I mean that's so cultic that if I'd of been told ten years ago they were gonna ban words like that, I wouldn't have believed it. They do it with straight faces. I mean, has the left, and of course the controlled-right as well, have they gone collectively insane on a control-freak bent? Or, is there a strategy?” IfsTryingYearsWellsMeanIdeasFacesMotherCoursesFatherLeftAnswersGoneWifeTrumpTenHusbandYears AgoIndependentStrategyInsaneCorporateControlledFreakPlasticBentBansHusband And WifeBrainwashingControl FreakStraight FaceBorg Author:Alex Jones
“In Korea, a woman must first obey her father, then her husband when she becomes an ajuma, and finally obey her son as a halmoni. Any woman who violates or lives outside of these roles is called a ch'angyŏ (prostitute).” FirstsFatherRolesSonHusbandKorea Author:Kim Hyesoon
“One of my heroes is Mr. Sidney Poitier. In his autobiography, "The Measure of a Man," he talks about the difference between being a great person and being a great actor. I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second. I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good husband and the ability to show compassion for others.” MenBelieveFatherI BelieveAbilityActingCompassionTalentHeroHusbandDedicatedAutobiographyMy HeroGreat PersonGood FatherGood HusbandMeasure Of A Man Author:Michael Ealy
“Usually women are the lynchpins of the family. They carry the brunt of the work at home and of being mothers and of taking care of the children. Not always. I have a wonderful husband, who is a great father and has helped tremendously at home. And I think that men are getting in touch and I think that the role that they have is so important, to be a good father and have a good career and be a good husband. But I think that as more and more women go into the workforce, you have to have more help at home and it becomes more of a sharing of responsibilities.” ThinkingMenChildrenImportantHelpingHomeCareMotherFatherResponsibilityWonderfulHusbandBeing A MotherGood FatherGood Husband Author:Carolyn Maloney
“Hip-hop is my girlfriend, hip-hop is my kid. Hip-Hop fills the void of the things that I don't have. I pay it 101% attention. I don't think I could be as good a father, or as good a husband or anything like that - the way I am as an artist - until I'm not an artist anymore.” ThinkingKidsArtistFatherAttentionHusbandGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Lloyd Banks
“People talked about being a parent, or being a mother or a father. We don't talk about "wiving" our husbands or "friending" our friends, or "childing" our parents. We just talk about being in a relationship with those people. You don't measure whether your marriage was good based on whether or not your husband is better now than he was 10 years ago, or whether your friend is richer than when they first became your friend. The relationships between parents and children is a kind of love, rather than a kind of work.” PeopleKindChildrenMotherFatherParentHusbandBeing A MotherBeing A Parent Author:Alison Gopnik
“I do enjoy the fact that we don't have a king or queen; we have a person with a very unusual temp job for a few years. My favorite moments on the show were always showing the intersection of the person and the job. Any time Bartlet from the West Wing could be something other than the president - a father, or a husband, or a son, or a friend.” MomentsFatherEnjoyPresidentSonHusbandMy FavoriteUnusual Author:Aaron Sorkin
“In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.” FatherSportsHusbandMalesCreditCardsCredit CardSigningSigning Off Author:Billie Jean King
“I feel like I'll be defined more so by ... when I get a chance to play roles where I'm the father/husband. I'd like to continue with the action stuff, but when I get to play the father/husband role, I think that will be the time where I'm playing who I really am. I look forward to playing those kind of heroic characters, the types that are usually associated with Denzel Washington.” ThinkingKindCharacterActionFatherChanceHusbandHeroicDenzel Author:Michael Jai White
“In the beginning no power differential existed between male and female. God empowered both with full rights and responsibility to rule outward over all creation, not over each other. As we know all too well, the fall changed everything, precipitating male rule over women and also the rule of some men over other men, a.k.a., patriarchy. Within patriarchy, women no longer derive their value from their Creator, but from men - father, husband, and sons. Within patriarchy, a woman's value is gauged by counting her sons.” MenValuesFallFatherResponsibilityCreationChangedSonHusbandFemalePatriarchyEmpowered Author:Carolyn Custis James
“I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.” TryingMeanFatherHusbandRock StarGood FatherGood Husband Author:Alan Cooper
“I have a song called "Men." I mean, manhood and trying to be one, and failing as one, and trying to be a husband and a father, and failing at that. I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.” ThinkingMenWritingTryingMeanSongFatherFailingHusbandMake SenseManhood Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“In the past there were two things that motivated me then: independence, and passion about what I was doing. And those are still the things that motivate me now. I still have that passion for creating a product. And I will never be dependent on a man. I will never be dependent on a husband or a boyfriend or a father. That's one thing that's really important to me.” MenImportantPastPassionFatherHusbandIndependenceMotivated Author:Tamara Mellon
“It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when you're in production. I can absolutely see why there are so few women directing, because it's physically a very demanding thing to do. Fathers can only do it because they have wives at home doing all the other stuff. I can only do it because I have a husband that helps with the kids at home.” HelpingHomeKidsMotherFatherHoursWifeTerribleHusbandBeing A Mother Author:Gurinder Chadha
“I love to have fun. I do my own shopping. I do my own yardwork. I like to garden. I like to fish. I like to golf. I'm an outdoorsman. I like to cook. But when I hit the football stadium, I click the switch, because I know I'm there for a job. I get in a whole different mindset when I enter the stadium. But once I leave I'm back to being a father, husband, a friend.” DifferentFatherFunFootballHusbandGardenGolfMindsetHaving FunBeing A Father Author:Vince Wilfork
“For me, there is nothing better than being able to work with my dad every day. But, I know that isn't God's plan for everyone. Fathers, trust God and be a great example for your sons. Even if I didn't work with my dad, the example he set in his personal and public life - as my dad and as a husband, a brother, and a son - is a major part of the reason I am who I am today. Inspire them, encourage them, and guide them. Do everything you can to instill the right values and a strong faith that can carry them through even the toughest times.” ReasonTodayValuesFatherStrongInspireSonBrotherDadHusbandMy DadTrust In GodI Am Who I Am Author:Jay Sekulow
“My belief in Jesus Christ is most important thing in my life. What I do to be able to father correctly is to spend time in the mornings by myself to get my heart, my soul, my mind - correct. To be able to handle the situations and handle the young men like I would my son. It's loving my players where they are, helping them to move and achieve. And when they're 30, what are they doing then? Are they a husband that stays true? Are they a father that never leaves? Are they a businessman that can be counted on in whatever they do! I think that really guides me in a better principle.” ThinkingMenMindHeartImportantSoulHelpingMovingFatherJesusBeliefChristSituationMorningPlayerAchieveSonMy HeartHusbandJesus ChristMy SonBusinessmanEnd TimesSpend TimeStay TrueGuide Me Author:Mike MacIntyre
“We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.” KnowsShouldTryingWellsImportantFatherLoversHusbandMultitudesAspireBeing A FatherGreat FatherGood HusbandBest HusbandHusband To BeGood Lovers Author:Matthew Modine
“I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.” MenInspirationalPersonsFatherStrongHusbandFathers DayFamily ManStrong PersonFathers Day InspirationalHappy Fathers DayInspirational FatherStrong Family Author:David Beckham
“I'm about caring, I'm about people, and I'm about entertaining people. I'm a family man. A husband. A father. I've been a lot of other things over the years, which we don't really want to talk about.” PeopleMenWantYearsFatherHusbandCaringEntertainingFamily Man Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.” MomentsSeemsMotherThreeFatherFamilyBirthHusbandDaughterAddMeetingsGamblingMy DaughterMy Husband Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.” DoneFatherNamesActivityHusbandPassionateMy HusbandYearningPastorCenteredness Author:John Piper
“Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.” PersonsProblemFatherPresidentPracticeHusbandAccountsThanksPresident ObamaGolfersGood FatherGood Husband Author:Marco Rubio
“And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.” FatherLiteratureDifficultPracticeHusbandJournalistGood FatherGood HusbandBeing A Good FatherDifficult Experiences Author:Bob Schieffer
“I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.” YearsChildrenTwoAgePoliticalMotherFatherCareersBrotherHusbandRaisedConvictionEightMy ChildrenMy HusbandPrimeBuriedUnusualArrestedHostageSingle MotherTwo Brothers Author:Benazir Bhutto
“My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.” KnowsHomeFatherParentPerfectBoysKnow HowBrotherGrewHusbandGrew UpMy BrotherRoughMuch LoveBronxPerfect Husband Author:Hope Solo