“My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.” FeelsI CanHelpingFatherClearCollegeOrdinaryPaidBest ThingsUpbringingTrainees Author:Vijay Mallya
“The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.” YearsFirstsHeartI CanRealHandsFatherLossBreakDiseaseLosingYears AgoImportanceDiedSevenInspiredCyclesLoved OnesSeven YearsHeart DiseaseFather DiedLosing A Loved OneMy Father Died Author:Monica Potter
“I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.” I CanFatherIdeals Author:Steven Saylor
“My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.” PeopleHas BeensI CanTwoMatterMotherFatherInfluenceNo Matter WhatMother And Father Author:Jack Wagner
“I can't believe in the God of my Fathers. If there is one Mind which understands all things, it will comprehend me in my unbelief. I don't know whose hand hung Hesperus in the sky, and fixed the Dog Star, and scattered the shining dust of Heaven, and fired the sun, and froze the darkness between the lonely worlds that spin in space.” IfsKnowsWorldMindBelieveI CanHandsFatherHeavenStarsSpaceDarknessSunSkyAtheismDogAll ThingsLonelyShiningPositive AtheismDustFixedHungUnbeliefLonely World Author:Gerald Kersh
“I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.” PeopleWorldChildrenMadeI CanWholeTogetherSpiritMotherFatherSawsSeeingTreeGrewHolyShapesMountainHighestUnderstoodStandingAll ThingsSacredRoundsWideCirclesNativeNative AmericanShelterMother EarthDaylightFloweringNative AmericaNative American IndianStarlightNative American EarthNative American Indian InspirationalSacred ThingsFlowering Trees Author:Black Elk
“I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.” WayI CanKidsFatherImagineFingersAbusive 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
“Father, I am from a different egg than your other children. Think of me as a duckling raised by hens. I am not a domestic bird destined to spend his life in a chicken coop. the water that scares you rejuvenates me. For unlike you I can swim, and swim I shall. The ocean is my homeland. If you are with me, come to the ocean. If not, stop interfering with me and go back to the chicken coop.” IfsThinkingChildrenI CanDifferentFatherWaterLike YouOceanBirdRaisedEggsChickensSwimScareInterfereDestinedHomelandThink Of MeHensDucklings Author:Elif Safak
“Being a father ... I can't help feeling that, by comparison with being a mother, being a father is a rather abstract business.” I CanHelpingFeelingsMotherFatherAbstractComparisonBeing A MotherBeing A Father Book:Disgrâce Source: Disgrâce