“Simon McBurney on "All My Sons" on Broadway - we had an eight-week rehearsal period and I really enjoyed the way that he prepared us to go onstage. It was different than anything I've done and it was a different way of being directed, so I tried to take my different experiences of these directors and give those to my actors.” WayGivingDifferentDoneActorsWeekSonPeriodsDirectorsPreparedEightEnjoyedDifferent WaysMy SonBroadwayRehearsalDifferent Experiences Author:Katie Holmes
“Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I'm not approaching it from the scientific point of view. I'm saying: Why do we need that? It's a sordid story, a depressing story, a dark story. Why should I believe that I'm a descendant of either Cain or Abel? Thank God there is a third son! [Genesis 4:25]” NeedsShouldBelieveMayStoriesGivenI BelieveDarkViewsSonThirdsPoint Of ViewExplanationThank GodDepressingShould IGenesisDescendantsCainAbelCain And Abel Author:Elie Wiesel
“Everything is in it: the promise and the hope and the fear and the challenge and the defiance. The test is a double test: Just as God tested Abraham, Abraham tested God: "Let's see if you really want me to go ahead with it and kill my son." Then the angel says, "Do not raise your hand against the boy" [Genesis 22:12]. It was the Angel of God who says this, not God. God was embarrassed. [All laugh]” IfsWantHandsChallengesBoysLaughingSonPromiseAngelTestsRaisesMy SonWant MeEmbarrassedTestedAbrahamDefianceGenesis Author:Elie Wiesel
“My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.” MotherActorsFatherSonDirectorsActressesFilmmaker Author:Sergio Leone
“Young people of this century, like my son, didn't live through all those things that went on during that period of time, from 1930 to 1950. They're missing that experience. To go from a bicycle to a vehicle that takes somebody to the moon - only we saw this kind of thing.” PeopleKindYoungSawsCenturyMissingSonPeriodsMoonMy SonVehicleBicycle1930s Author:Sergio Leone
“In France, it's just.., if you're the son of someone, you can be sure that you will have a good life. Because you're the son of this guy or the daughter of that guy you will be introduced to this person who will give you a job even if you're totally incompetent.” IfsGivingPersonsJobsGuySonDaughterFranceGood LifeThis GuyThat GuyIncompetent Author:Gaspar Noe
“I spent a lot of time studying our Founders and people like Samuel Adams and the original Tea Party. What Adams and the Sons of Liberty did in Boston was spread the word about the abuses of the British. They had Committees of Correspondence that got the word out to the colonies. We need Committees of Correspondence now, and we are getting them.” PeopleNeedsPartyLibertyStudySonAbuseOriginalsSpreadBritishTeaFoundersCommitteesBostonTea PartyColonyCorrespondence Author:Nat Hentoff
“That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that people are acting for themselves as it happened with the Sons of Liberty which spread throughout the colonies. That was a very important awakening in this country.” PeopleImportantCountryFactsPartyActingLibertyHappenedSonRevolutionHappeningsSpreadAwakeningTeaColumnsTea PartyColonyAmerican Revolution Author:Nat Hentoff
“My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such an identifiable name during the Seventies that if I called him loudly in public places, everyone would turn to stare, so I started calling him Joey to take the pressure off. It has the same sound and number of syllables as Zowie. And Joe stuck for most of his childhood. Now he has reverted to his real name, Duncan. Haywood was my father's name.” IfsRealTurnsFatherNamesSoundNumbersChildhoodSonCallingPressureStuckStaringMy SonSeventiesSyllablesToddlerDuncanJoey Author:David Bowie
“[I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in Washington, where he does intellectual property defamation cases.” PeopleGivingDoeTwoBoysCasesSonIntellectualGreenPropertyDefenseCriminalsTomsControversialAttorneyPhoenixTentsIntellectual PropertySheriffsDefamationBolognaDefense AttorneysCriminal Defense Author:Nat Hentoff
“If something happens to your son, your thoughts about not having him in your life is what your terror is. It's not about his life.” IfsHappensLife IsSonTerrorThings HappenYour Son Author:Byron Katie
“When your son is healthy and happy, you're healthy and happy. And when your son is not healthy, let's say you're unhappy.” SonHealthyUnhappyYour SonHealthy And Happy Author:Byron Katie
“If you question your thoughts about when your son is not healthy, you come to see that you're the only one you're worried about. It's like without him, you're not happy - so it's all about your happiness. You want him to live for you - for your happiness.” IfsWantSonHealthyWorriedNot HappyWant HimYour Son Author:Byron Katie
“If I'm okay with dying, my son is at least as enlightened as that. If I'm okay with my cancer, my son is at least as enlightened as I am.” IfsDyingSonOkayCancerEnlightenedMy Son Author:Byron Katie
“I got a letter one day from somebody saying, `You're always criticizing the press. Why don't you talk about what Clay Felker is doing to your own paper [The Voice]?' And my 10-year-old son Tom, now with Williams & Connelly, put in a legal opinion, not - an opinion from the back of the car saying, `You know why? What are you, afraid?' So I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that Felker is destroying this paper.” KnowsYearsSaidVoiceOpinionCarSonOne DayPaperLettersPressesCriticizeDestroyingTomsClayColumnsSimply Said Author:Nat Hentoff
“I told my sons to remember to always thank people for compliments.” PeopleRememberSonMy SonCompliment Author:Hrithik Roshan
“I'm personally very grateful to my many friends in the Greek-American community, sons and daughters of Greece who have found success in every walk of American life.” FoundCommunityWalksSonDaughterGratefulGreekGreeceAmerican LifeMany FriendsSon And Daughter Author:Barack Obama
“God says "I have given you this gift, and it is a real gift. I want you to love me freely, and I will do anything, anything up to giving up the most precious thing I could say I have, my son, to prove I love you. Please come back."” WantGivingRealGivenLove YouSonPleaseProveGiving UpMy SonI Want YouPrecious ThingsI Want You To Love Me Author:Desmond Tutu
“Those of us who came to be Christians get to remember that forgiveness cost God the death of God's son. It's an expensive thing in many ways.” WayChristianRememberSonCostExpensive Author:Desmond Tutu
“I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love Michelle even more - and by the way, they are not middle-aged anymore, because I'm now middle-aged. So they're a little bit older. As fervent as they were, as excited and happy as they were when I was elected, they had to go to work the next morning. They still had trouble paying those bills. They might have still had a son who was in trouble with the law or couldn't get a job because of a felony record. They didn't stop being grounded.” WayLittlesStillsMightJobsLawNextBitsBlackTalkingMorningRecordsTroubleMiddleSonLittle BitAnd LoveBillsExcitedBarackGroundedMiddle AgedFerventFelony Author:Barack Obama
“Let us look at international institutions and trusts. Trusts have a certain roles and unless you define what their roles are, what is it that they control? Are they controlling the day-to-day operations? If you do that, then what is Tata Sons for? What are the operative companies for? Effectively, you need to have clarity on the roles of different players inside a structure. That is the governance framework.” IfsNeedsLooksDifferentCertainCompanyRolesPlayerSonInstitutionsStructureInternationalClarityOperationsDay To DayGovernanceFrameworkTata Author:Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
“I just have a heart filled with gratitude for a wonderful family. My wife, Karen, is the love of my life, and she campaigned with me virtually every day of 130-some odd days of the campaign trail, as did our daughter, Charlotte, traveled all over the country with us. But my son, who just got married to his college sweetheart, and our youngest daughter - just am grateful for a family that has supported me in my calling to public service.” HeartCountryWifeWonderfulCollegeSonGratitudeCallingMarriedDaughterGratefulFilledMy WifeCampaignsOddMy SonTraveledTrailsPublic ServiceSweetheartOur DaughterCharlotteLove Of My LifeHeart FilledWonderful FamilyYoungest Daughter Author:Mike Pence
“I told my son, who's 11, "Look, I don't care if you curse - it's other people that care." So we tried that experiment, and he just cursed all the time. And I was like, "All right, now I care that you curse." You try to have this idealized view, and it's like, "I don't care." But it's just going to cause chaos.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksCareCausesViewsSonRight NowChaosDon't CareExperimentsI Don't CareCurseMy SonI CareCursed Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Seeing my son getting roughed up by the police is not fun. It brings back memories of when I got roughed up by them. He grew up totally different than how I grew up, and to me, he shouldn't have to go through that.” DifferentFunMemoriesSeeingSonGrewGrew UpPoliceMy Son Author:Ice Cube
“Hillary Clinton knows, as I did know, as my women members know - that a woman being elected to a position, it's not about what it means to that woman. It's not about what it means to Hillary to be the first president. It's about what it means to all of the women in America, that a woman has broken the ultimate marble ceiling and that anything is possible for them and their daughters - and their sons. It's about sons, too.” KnowsFirstsMeanAmericaPresidentPositionSonBrokenMembersDaughterUltimateClintonCeilingsMarbleAnything Is Possible Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I'm not one of those who say this is the way. I'm not that opinionated. I can only say this is my way. Even the $1,000 scholarship that my son could have gotten from the state of Illinois to go to college, we didn't want. I'd rather get out and work and have my children know that their money comes from their parents and we have to work for it.” KnowsWayWantChildrenI CanStatesParentCollegeSonMy WayMy ChildrenMy SonScholarshipOpinionatedIllinois Author:Marva Collins
“One night my son was downstairs studying, and he had been up so late all that week, and my husband said, "I feel so sorry for him." I said, "Look, if he's going to become a surgeon" - he is studying to be a doctor - "he's going to have his hard times. I feel sorry for him too, but if he lives in this world he's going to have more hard times. He's going to stay up some more nights." I think we can't shield them from the hard times, even though we'd like to. I say to the children that I teach and to my own - I can't test the ground for you and tell you that's a safe step there.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksChildrenSaidI CanHardNightMy OwnStepsTeachStudyWeekThis WorldSonSafeHusbandLateDoctorsTestsSorryHard TimesMy HusbandMy SonShieldsOne NightSurgeonsSorry For Him Author:Marva Collins
“I get a lot of invitations, and sometimes it's far away, it's in Montana or something. "We'd like you to come to our daughter's wedding." These are people I've never heard of. I get a lot that. "Will you come to my son's graduation?" No...I guess when you're in stuff, it's almost a feeling that they know you.” PeopleKnowsSometimesFeelingsStuffHeardSonLike YouDaughterMy SonFar AwayInvitationsMontanaOur Daughter Author:Christopher Walken
“I've started late, I was 19 years old. I've trained with Victor Zilberman - he's a Russian-Jewish from Moldova. His son David who is coaching me represented Canada in the Olympic games. There were a lot of very good wrestlers there and they took me underneath their wing when I was young.” YearsYoungGamesSonLateWingsVery GoodCoachingCanadaOlympic GamesWrestler Author:Georges St-Pierre
“I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, and the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of God discloses. And he walks with me, and he talks with me. And he tells me I am his own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.” StillsJoyFallVoiceWalksKnownShareSonGardenEarsRoseDewWalk With Me Author:Dwight Yoakam
“My son is a gentleman and a professional who is pursuing something difficult. Yet the only thing he has ever asked me for is advice - never favors. He has just said, "What do you think I should do, Dad?" It's extraordinary to me that my son would listen to and have faith in whatever wisdom I can offer.” ThinkingShouldSaidI CanDifficultAdviceSonDadOffersExtraordinaryFavorsGentlemanMy SonHave Faith Author:Tom Hanks
“Abraham responds "Here I am" when God asks him to sacrifice his son, and he answers "Here I am" when his son asks him about what is happening. It's a paradoxical moment. He can't be fully present for his God or his son.” MomentsAsksAnswersSacrificeSonHappeningsAbrahamHere I AmParadoxical Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.” WantPoliticalMotherPoliticsGrowsProcessPresidentGrowing UpSonMomPoliticianParentingBeing A MomPolitical HumorMother CarePolitics FunnySentimental Mother Book:The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy
“Donald Trump has declared that he's going to divest himself from his companies and that his sons will be separated from the government. But his sons who run the company are regularly attending his meetings with senators, making it clear to everybody, you want access to Trump you pay.” WantGovernmentRunningPayCompanyClearSonTrumpMeetingsAccessSenatorsAttending Author:David Frum
“I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.” WorldWantFatherInterestingOne ThingStudentsSonBiggerWestAthleteJocksWild WestMemorabilia Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing.” PeopleRealStoriesHomeEyeIssuesSeeingSonListeningDadMembersMy SonComing BackFamily MembersAbout Family Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?” MotherChallengesGreaterSonDaughterAspirationSon And Daughter Author:Rose Kennedy
“Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah's second son was - his symbolic name was Mahershalalhashbaz. And Isaiah was - the Prophet Isaiah was instructed to write the name in all capital letters as a prophecy. And it means hasten to the spoils, speedy as the prey.” WritingMeanNamesSonLettersProphetProphecyPreySpoilSymbolic Author:Mahershala Ali
“We love them [people who have same-sex attractions] as sons and daughters of God. They may have certain inclinations which are powerful and which may be difficult to control. If they do not act upon these inclinations, then they can go forward as do all other members of the Church.” PeopleIfsMayCertainSexDifficultChurchPowerfulSonMembersDaughterAttractionInclinationSon And DaughterDaughter Of God Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“One way to read the Book of Mormon is as a book of encounters between fathers and sons. Some of those encounters were very positive and reinforcing on the part of the father of a son. Some were occasions where a father had to tell his son or his sons that the path that they were following was incorrect before the Lord.” WayBookFatherLordPathSonFollowingOne WayOccasionsEncountersFather And SonVery Positive Author:Lance B. Wickman
“It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being wheeled by her son waving a big American flag, and then seeing a guy with his baby in his arms saying, "I didn't want her to miss tonight! I wanted to be able to tell her!" And to see all these people, a Hispanic cop dancing with an old white woman, wow! I mean, that's the world I want to live in, and because it's the world I want to live in, I had a hard time leaving.” PeopleWorldWantMeanHardFeelingsBigsAbleWantedGuyBlackWhiteSeeingMissingSonBabyArmsDancingLeavingBarackHard TimesTonightWowFlagsCopBlack WomenHispanicWheelchairsAmerican Flag Author:Bill Ayers
“Having a son with a disability helps makes Walter White a more sympathetic character. There's no story line that shows Walt Jr. going through the things that you go through as a teenager with a disability. It's always his relationship to other characters. That was my issue with it.” CharacterHelpingStoriesShowsLinesWhiteIssuesSonTeenagerDisabilitySympatheticWaltHaving A SonWalter White Author:Zach Anner
“Donald Trump runs the country like he ran "The Apprentice." The premise of "The Apprentice" is a crazy rich guy has his daughter and his son oversee celebrities doing tasks. And then they come back to him, and they tell him how they did. So in every episode he's like, how did - how'd Meatloaf do, Ivanka? And then she says, Meatloaf really did a great presentation. And then he makes some impulsive decision about who to fire based on not being there, not really even understanding anything.” CountryRunningGuyUnderstandingDecisionRichFireCrazySonTrumpDaughterTasksRanEpisodesPremisesPresentationBeing ThereApprenticeImpulsiveMeatloaf Author:Judd Apatow
“By the very nature of being a clergyman's son, people tend to put you slightly apart, which is - you tend to live a life, at some stages, as being - people being suspicious of you and puts you rather on a - I don't mean lonely, particularly. But it does tend to put you apart.” PeopleMeanDoeStageSonLonelySuspiciousClergymen Author:John Hurt
“To wake up to the sound of my son saying 'Mama, mama!' It's the best sound ever.” SoundSonWake UpMy SonMama Author:Miranda Kerr
“Is it wrong to love another man? Of course not. It's not. And is it wrong to love your son, marry your son, to avoid paying taxes? Of course the people that would probably do this are people on the left who want everybody to pay more taxes.” PeopleMenWantCoursesLeftPayLove YouSonTaxesAnother ManYour SonPaying Taxes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a difference between what I call a dumb ghost and a smart ghost. The smart ghost is Hamlet's father - you know, he says, "Get revenge, my son!" That's incredibly rare. It's much more the grey lady in the same place everyday, moving across the floor.” KnowsMovingFatherDifferencesSonSmartEverydayRevengeGhostDumbMy SonGrey Author:Peter James
“I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!” LittlesDifferentStoriesRunningEnjoySonMy SonHeels Author:Miranda Kerr