“The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.” KnowsMadeGovernmentAmericaFatherOpportunityGivenLike YouCitizensOrdinaryExtraordinaryLike MeMade ItExtraordinary ThingsOrdinary ThingsOrdinary Citizens Author:Mia Love
“Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsFatherNationsCrimeLike YouMy FamilyThis LifeBossProsecutor Author:Victoria Gotti
“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
“Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than mother or father or any ancestor, and more to be regarded in the eyes of the gods and of men of understanding?” MenCountryEyeMotherFatherUnderstandingLike YouHigherPhilosopherOur CountryAncestor Author:Socrates
“So if you don't like your life, change it. How would you change it? You decide. There's no action without first decision. Decision is the mother or the father of action, and action is what changes your life.” IfsFirstsActionMotherFatherDecisionLike YouLife ChangingChanging Your Life Author:Tony Robbins
“Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an inner voice saying, 'It's indoor work with no heavy lifting, do you want to be a ploughman like your father?'” WantFeelsFatherVoiceLike YouHeavyLiftingInner VoicePriesthoodSmall GodsHeavy Lifting Book:Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13) Source: Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)
“Some guys that know me from when I was a kid say "My son, oh he's just like your father." It's just a natural part of our lives. But, within the music industry and within the industry of the critiques of music, where it becomes "Ziggy's music is not as good as Bob's music," I don't understand. But I don't really pay much attention to that because I'm just expressing myself.” KnowsKidsGuyFatherNaturalPayAttentionOur LivesSonLike YouIndustryMusic IsMy SonBobKnow MeCritiqueMusic Industry Author:Ziggy Marley
“Fathers be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters, too.” MotherSongTurnsGirlFatherLike YouLoversDaughterBe GoodOur DaughterYour Daughter Author:John Mayer
“Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.” ThinkingEnoughFatherSleepInspireLike YouPerspectiveGoes OnBecomingDadParentingSatisfyingThings In LifeSimplestFathers DayEnough SleepBecoming A Father Author:Hugh Jackman
“Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's interesting, but it's useless information. It doesn't tell me anything about how the first and second armored brigades are going to operate.” FirstsMotherFatherInterestingInformationLike YouTerrorUselessTerrifiedAssadUseless Information Author:George Friedman
“You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here. My spouse or my girlfriend or boyfriend are here right now, but someday they won't be." You realize that you need to like yourself.” NeedsAgeMotherCertainFatherRealizingLike YouRight NowGirlfriendSomedayBe YouSpouseMy GirlfriendLike Yourself Author:Angel Olsen
“Jews took it very seriously to marry other Jews and repopulate the Jewish bloodline, and my father's generation gets very serious in my household when they're like, "You have to marry another Jew," because that's still kind of the mentality coming from the baby boomers. So I know that type of pressure.” KnowsKindStillsFatherGenerationsSeriousLike YouBabyTypePressureJewMentalityHouseholdBoomersBaby BoomerBloodline Author:Logan Lerman
“As a young man, you get to a point in your life where you feel like you have grown up and have to make decisions and not having that father figure in your life to guide you to making those decisions.” MenFeelsYoungFatherDecisionFiguresLike YouGuidesYoung ManFather Figure Author:John Starks