“I like the saying the every setback is a setup for a comeback. Also, "Todos los tigres son iguales" which means all tigers are the same. A fellow reporter once told me that when I was on assignment in Haiti working around the clock.” MeanSonClockTigersComebackSetback Author:Tom Llamas
“Sohn means "son" in German. I loved the idea of the word, because it's short and it was also important for me to have an "o" sound in my name. I like the idea of being the son of yourself - a bit of a rebirth, in a way. Also, I love the fact that it's such a blank word.” MeanImportantSonRebirth Author:SOHN
“I was thinking a lot about myself and my own super inextricably Jewish boy link with my mother. I felt like even a Jewish spy would have this relationship, so yes, I was very much exploring this relationship of boys and their mothers, and Jewish boys and their mothers. Exactly that, the ridiculous lengths that a doting mother will go for her son, and the ridiculous lengths that - I will pretend this is distanced from me - the ridiculous neediness of a grown man for a mother.” ThinkingMenMotherBoysSonRidiculousExploringSpy Author:Nathan Englander
“Arnold Schwarzenegger said it best: "Your son is sick. Ninety-eight doctors give you one diagnosis, two doctors give you another. Who are you going to go with?" Well, why would it be the conservative position to go with the two? That's not conservative, that's crazy.” GivingCrazySonSickConservative Author:Thomas Friedman
“If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.” IfsMenWorldSonLosingBlameWitBirthdayMy SonBe A Man Author:Rudyard Kipling
“Paul Schrader, he's a... son of a gun. He's a very feisty, very straightforward guy. He's your auteur director. He sent me to a fat farm down in Palm Springs, I think it was, and got mad because he said, "You're just getting massages and backrubs!" He got the bill, he looked at the itemization, and he said, "You're not doing anything to lose weight! I could've had William Hurt for this part!" And I said, "Well, you're stuck with me, so..." He was funny, though.” ThinkingGuyHurtSonSpringGunMadStuckStraightforwardMassageLose Weight Author:John Heard
“There was a courtroom scene where my son is convicted of killing Kevin Spacey's character. I find the bloody T-shirt and realize my husband did it. I get up the courage to take the shirt and send it to the police as evidence. I go out of the house for the first time. There was all this stuff I had to do that became quite truncated, because they slimmed down the movie. I understand the American Beauty is brilliant without all that stuff, but for me, personally, it was hard to see all that go.” CharacterHouseRealizingSonSceneHusbandEvidenceFirst TimePoliceKillingBrilliantShirtsMy HusbandMy SonBloodyCourtroom Author:Allison Janney
“I am making an effort to truly live. I don't mean to imply by that that I haven't been alive before but, with my son being here and such a powerful force in my life, he's given me a freedom to be more. I think that sometimes we can get stuck, and just the fact that he's here says so much to me about my own existence. I didn't think I'd be able to have children, and this level of blessing is something I can't even put my finger on.” ThinkingMeanChildrenSometimesPowerfulEffortExistenceSonBlessingStuckMy Son Author:Jill Scott
“We're a family operation. There's not many of us. We have a couple people who come from time to time who work with us. Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us.” PeopleSonCoupleFilmmakerMy Son Author:D. A. Pennebaker
“Do you want to see a mother and son antagonistically attack each other every single episode for five years? I don't think so.” ThinkingMotherSon Author:Jeffrey Donovan
“If I have a good dream and I wake up happy. When I have an idea, I feel happy. Sometimes achievement and relationships can make me happy. I have a son and to see him grow - he's 22 now - that makes me happy.” SometimesDreamSonAchievementWake UpMake Me HappyGood Dream Author:Michel Gondry
“At the core of these movies, Saw One and Saw Two, it's a very real situation. A guy cheats on his wife and didn't value what he had. It's the same thing in my story. Being a dad and playing someone whose last words to his son were 'go to hell'. I say to my son, the last thing I say is 'I love you'.” RealGuyValuesSituationWifeLove YouSonDadMy SonCheatLast Words Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“There is no place for fear. Stay informed, but also be smart enough to decipher what is noise and what is real. Always remembering that love can cast out all hate. I have made a commitment to teach my son love, self-respect, the way of the world and boundaries.” WorldRealEnoughRememberHateTeachSonSelf LoveSmartCommitmentBoundariesMy SonBeing Smart Author:Kelly Rowland
“I am my father's son. My sticking to my guns and doing it my way, and standing firm - that's definitely from him. And the music side, I was so lucky to have a dad that was as cool as he was.” SonDadLuckyGunMy WayFirmSo LuckyStand Firm Author:Kip Moore
“As a father, you find yourself telling this to your kids a lot. My son, when he didn't want to play baseball, I was like, "Buddy, try it. Try playing baseball and if you don't like it, that's fine. But I want you to try it. I want you to try as hard as you can at it. And then we'll talk about it." You kind of have to give yourself the same pep talk. As a 43-year-old, you're like, "You know what? Just, try it. Try as hard as you can, give it everything you got and then accept the results."” GivingTryingKindKidsFatherAcceptingSonLike YouBaseballFinding YourselfMy SonI Want YouBuddyPepPep Talk Author:Nick Lachey
“I think as parents you want to at least try to provide a good example to your kids. So yeah, I feel like a complete hypocrite if I'm telling my son to try new things and not be afraid and I'm shying away from doing a dancing show for Pete's sake. On some level, you're at least being a good example for your kids.” ThinkingTryingKidsParentSonDancingMy SonHypocrite Author:Nick Lachey
“For many years, I did pantomime with Marcel Marceau. I was a writer for him and got to know very well how to use the body for illustration. I wanted to do a mother without arms, but using the arms of her son in Santa Sangre. The tragedy should always have something funny. Something weird.” MotherSonTragedy Author:Alejandro Jodorowsky
“I am very happy at Givenchy and it is a moment in which I am bringing the game to the next level. I feel at home. It's as if it were my son. I don't know how to explain it. It would be very difficult for me to leave.” MomentsHomeDifficultSonMy SonVery Happy Author:Riccardo Tisci
“Collecting contemporary art I started with some of the younger artists. Although, having a son who's an artist, I was hesitant-I think he was a little anxious when I bought another young man's work. But it might have encouraged him in the long run.” ThinkingLongArtRunningArtistSonAnxious Author:Laurence Graff
“My little son is already like me - my mom has always said I used to bounce off the wall and never stop talking or sit still. I'm starting to see that with him. I guess it's living proof he's part of me.” SonWallMomMy MomOff The Wall Author:Michael Phelps
“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
“I loved the work. I missed it for years after I was arrested. I couldn't drive past 100 Centre New York City Criminal Court, that whole area, without crying, seeing people going to court and knowing I couldn't do that anymore. I still do miss it. I don't think I could ever go back. Maybe I could consider second-seating my son or someone else whose work I respect. But I could not take on any responsibility. I'm out of step; I haven't kept up.” PeopleThinkingPastResponsibilityMissingCrySonMy Son Author:Lynne Stewart
“I'm bad at thinking about society. I love to make fun of very small aspects. For instance the privacy rules we have in the States. Where you sign this thing that you've never read, and if you ever read it you discover there's no privacy whatsoever. But I don't know how to think sociologically, to tell you the truth. My son is a political scientist and my daughter-in-law is a sociologist. I can't think that way. I am not a good political militant at all. I keep thinking about what the other side must look like.” ThinkingPoliticalFunSonScientistPrivacyMy SonMilitant Author:Lore Segal
“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
“If my son was an actor I would tell him, "Don't let people know as much about you as I let people know about me." Because I think professionally, it's an easier road. That would be something I would tell a young actor. But it's cool.” PeopleThinkingSonMy Son Author:Michael Rapaport
“It's always an interesting question of what was it like as Norman Mailer's son because I could easily turn it back and say what's it like not to. I didn't always realize my dad was Norman Mailer. I always knew he was Dad, and then I forget the exact age when it dawned on me that, you know, he is actually someone who affects the public consciousness of the time. It was amazing. I mean he was a rock star and brilliant and kind and funny and generous and scary when he needed to be and, you know, hard as a father.” KindMeanAgeFatherRealizingForgetInterestingConsciousnessSonDadMy DadScaryBrilliantGenerousRock Star Author:John Buffalo Mailer
“In many ways, the effort to study philosophy was my rebellion away from medicine. I'm the son of two Indian immigrant physicians, so the natural path for me would have been to become a doctor. I ended up doing the master's degree at Oxford in politics, philosophy, and economics while already having a seat in medical school. I was keeping that as my escape hatch. But my hope was that I might become a philosopher or something else entirely.” PhilosophySchoolNaturalEffortStudyPathSonPhilosopherMedicalRebellionMedical School Author:Atul Gawande
“It may be unfathomable in architecture, but it is very practical, or routine, for a person in theater to use action. You have the line, "Come home, son," but you can't play that line by going out and being a mother; you can't be a noun. But you can play to smother your son; you can play to grovel to your son. Again, the real information is carried in action. And, to an annoying degree, theater people talk to each other in infinitive expressions. If you don't have a vivid verb to describe what you're doing, you're probably going to be a pretty bad actress.” PeopleRealHomeActionMotherSonArchitectureComing HomeAnnoyingBeing A Mother Author:Keller Easterling
“The point of life that I'm currently at is a 'me right now' type of attitude. I am 37 years-old, my son is in college and my daughter is in high school. I'm becoming okay with me. I can't live life as an artist or person being someone that someone else has tried to mold me into. I'm not going to put on a dress that's two sizes too small. I'm custom making my own clothes so that they'll never fit anyone else if you know what I mean.” MeanSchoolArtistAttitudeCollegeSonFitDaughterHigh SchoolOkayLive LifeMy DaughterMy Son Author:Kelly Price
“The greatest gift that we have as human beings is our ability to empathize. That's why I think personal stories matter so much. That's someone's mom. That's someone's daughter. That's someone's son.” ThinkingAbilitySonMomDaughter Author:Jose Antonio Vargas
“My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname for a child. We named our son Beckett so we could call him Beck - we reverse engineered. And then after he was born and I saw the name on the birth certificate I realized Beckett was a really pretentious name, way too literary. Luckily he's grown into it. We nearly named my second son Dashiell. Can you imagine? Beckett and Dashiell. It would have been a disaster of pretentiousness.” ChildrenImagineSonBirthMusicianI RealizedDisasterMy SonPretentiousBeckettPretentiousness Author:Lauren Groff
“I saw this film Moon, it's directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son. Sam Rockwell plays this astronaut that is stuck in a space station on the moon. You just have to see it. It's easy to do something really cheesy with sci-fi, and to do something that's already been done, but I think the story was something I hadn't heard before, so it was really great.” ThinkingDoneFilmEasySonMoonStuckReally GreatAstronautCheesy Author:Kelcey Ayer
“It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.” KidsMotherParentSecretWorstSonQuietDaughterGood ThingsPreservesFamily LifeSiblingKept SecretsBest Kept SecretsHaving A Daughter Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“Women and LBGT people have the advantage that they are everybody's son, daughter, cousin, nephew, aunt, uncle. They are in a position to change hearts, and you saw it happen actually. African-Americans, not so much. They are separated from the white oppressive population by geography, housing, segregation, centuries of slavery. There is a tremendous wall between black America and white. I would say you open the door with the force of law, and then you can start to change hearts.” PeopleHeartBlackSonWallDaughterSlaveryCousinSegregationAuntGeographyNephew Author:Linda Hirshman
“I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don't always know what's going on or how they fit in, and if someone walks up to them and says, 'Hey, kid: If you listen to me I'll give you power and a sense of purpose,' it can hold tremendous appeal.” PeopleGivingKidsAgeTodayPurposeSpeakParentSonFitListen To Me Author:Christian Picciolini
“I listen to music every day and that is a fact. My son pointed out the other day that there's not a day that goes by without him listening to music in our house. I'm still an avid punter when it comes to either checking out bands or buying new music.” HouseSonListeningMy SonListening To Music Author:Jazzie B
“I know what God did for me. I know that He is my way out and my way in. He's my way out of all this havoc and my way into paradise. He suffered for me and for everybody listening. God loves us so much. He tried a lot of things to get our attention. He tried a lot of things to get us back to Him. So He said, "I'll tell you what. I'm going to make it real simple for you. I'm going to send my Son. He's going to take on all your iniquities and all your sins. He's gonna die in your place so you can have everlasting life. All you've got to do is accept that.” RealSinSimpleAttentionAcceptingSonListeningMy WayGod LoveMy SonGod Loves Us Author:Smokey Robinson
“If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for.” IfsPlaySportsWifeSonBasketballCoachesYour SonRecruit Author:Bobby Knight
“If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.” IfsWholeEarthFatherSonGloryBiologyFathers DayFather SonFather And SonBeing A FatherHappy First Fathers DayFunny Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GreetingsHappy Fathers Day ImagesFather Son RelationshipSons Love Author:James A. Baldwin
“My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I've definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.” GivingWholeBeautifulParentSupportSonMomDadLuckyGunGive MeMy DadFinancialMy MomThanksGenesHandsomeMom And DadFinancial SupportGood Genes Author:Ashton Kutcher
“My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of them. Now it's because my son raps, and he's better than me. So now I gotta keep up with him, you know what I'm saying?” KnowsCareKidsUsedBornSonRapTake CareUsed To BeMy SonMost Inspiring Author:Talib Kweli
“When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational.” WayDifferentMightKidsReadingFunTeachSonShapesWeightCookingEducationalMathCooksHaving FunMy SonVegetables Author:Emeril Lagasse
“I try to teach my son about sanitation, especially when handling foods like chicken that could be dangerous. I remind him to wash his hands all the time. When my son cooks with me, he stands on a step stool so he can reach the stove. I teach him about safety and fire.” TryingHandsStepsTeachFireDangerousSonSafetyCooksChickensMy SonStovesStoolsSanitation Author:Emeril Lagasse
“I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or flowers, some annual display of gratitude that you have to grit your teeth and endure.” WantFeelsMotherSonFlowerGratitudeRaisesEndureObligationTeethCelebrateMy SonLunchDisplayMothers DayGritAnnualsWant Him Author:Anne Lamott
“My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always frantic, like a hummingbird who can't quite find the flower but keeps jabbing around.” EyeMotherSonFlowerBrownMy SonFranticHummingbirds Author:Anne Lamott
“Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.” KnowsYearsTwoEndsHateBornPowerfulTaughtSonRacismFolksListsRacistTwo YearsNapsRacial DiscriminationTwo Year OldsDiscrimination And RacismEnding Racism Author:Denis Leary
“I fell asleep during 'Year One' twice. And my son, who never falls asleep during a Jack Black movie, also nodded off. That's how bad it was. I was incredibly disappointed.” YearsFallBlackSonMy SonDisappointedYear OneBlack Movie Author:Denis Leary
“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!” MotherLiteratureEnemySonBrotherKingsBitter Author:Honore de Balzac
“I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.” TwoCareAmericaCultureSonChineseJetJackieChinese Culture Author:Ang Lee