“I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good actor, but why did you play that terrible guy King Koopa in Super Mario Bros?' And I said, 'Well Henry, I did that so you could have shoes,' and he said, 'Dad, I don't need shoes that badly.'” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsMadeSaidPlayGuyActorsSonKingsDadTerribleSixShoesGood ActorsSix Year OldsBrosMarioSuper Mario Author:Dennis Hopper
“Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they assigned that Jesus almost certainly was not born of a virgin, did not think of himself as the Son of God, and did not see his purpose as dying for the sins of the world. .. I also found the claim that Jesus and Christianity were the only way of salvation to be troublesome.” ThinkingWorldWayChristianPurposeReadingFoundJesusBornSinChristianityStudyDyingSonClaimsSalvationHistoricalProfessorsVirginsTroublesomeSeminary Author:Marcus Borg
“In The Lost Message of Jesus I claim that penal substitution is tantamount to 'child abuse - a vengeful Father punishing his Son for an offence he has not even committed.' Though the sheer bluntness of this imagery (not original to me of course) might shock some, in truth, it is only a stark 'unmasking' of the violent, pre-Christian thinking behind such a theology.” ThinkingChildrenMightChristianCoursesFatherJesusLostBehindsSonMessagesAbuseClaimsOriginalsCommittedViolentTheologyShockChild AbuseSheerImageryStarksOffenceSubstitutionVengefulBluntnessUnmasking Author:Steve Chalke
“First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.” ThinkingFirstsValuesFatherDealsHumilitySonIntegrityEthicsLoserSmarterThirstCeoWork EthicTerrificThirst For Knowledge Author:Charles Koch
“I'm most proud of our son, having suffered several miscarriages before having him. As for the next mountain, it takes so much to maintain what's already going on that I don't have time to think about it. But I want some more seasons of the TV show, I'd like to write another book, and eventually, I'd like to retire and take vacations with my husband like my mom and dad do.” ThinkingWantWritingBookShowsNextSonTvsMomProudDadHusbandMountainSeasonsMy MomMy HusbandRetiringVacationTv ShowsTime To ThinkMom And DadMiscarriage Author:Wendy Williams
“My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a shoebox. One of the regulars in 'the cafe said to my father: "I think you should get your son an accordion-that's what he's trying to do, with that shoebox." So they got me a little cardboard diatonic accordion-I still have it. I started to play the National Anthem, and things like that. It seems I was musically gifted-but my parents just never pushed in that direction.” ThinkingShouldTryingLittlesSaidStillsPlaySeemsFatherParentPlayerSonSundayGiftedSidewalkAnthemYour SonCafesSqueezingAccordionsNational Anthem Author:Toots Thielemans
“I'm not a 'strong warrior queen' like people think. I spend most of my day cooking and doing things with my sons.” PeopleThinkingStrongSonCookingWarriorQueensMy Son Author:Kola Boof
“Eleanor Marx was her father's first biographer. All subsequent biographies of Karl Marx, and most of Engels, draw on her work as their primary sources for the family history, often without knowing it. I think if she'd been a son, she would have been referenced more.” IfsThinkingFirstsHas BeensFatherKnowingSonSourceDrawsPrimariesBiographiesFamily HistoryEleanorBiographersEngelsPrimary Source Author:Rachel Holmes
“I often think about what I want my sons to fully comprehend in regards to how sport industry unfairly operates.” ThinkingWantSportsSonIndustryRegardMy Son Author:Eddie George
“I think that Sarah Palin really missed the chance to educate the public on what some of the challenges her son is actually facing.” ThinkingChallengesChanceSonEducatePalin Author:Jon Soltz
“My son Jack once said to me, 'Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?' And I said, 'I don't care as long as they're laughing.'” PeopleThinkingLongSaidCareLaughingSonDadDon't CareI Don't CareMy Son Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“If I don't take care of myself and be kind to myself, then I can't take care of anyone else. I think when my son was a baby I got used to not getting enough sleep, rushing and skipping meals, and feeling tired a lot of the time.” IfsThinkingKindI CanEnoughFeelingsCareUsedSleepSonBabyTiredTake CareMealsMy SonBe KindRushingEnough Sleep Author:Beth Riesgraf
“I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do. I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking. If I'm going to do this, sacrifice time with family and friends, sacrifice resources, I need to think carefully about what I going to say and how I'm going to say it.” IfsThinkingNeedsTwoCharacterFightingAsksAnimalSacrificeIdentitySonHugeGoes OnDadHusbandResourcesThirdsPursueAsk MeMy SonFamily And Friends Author:Ben Sollee
“One of the tracks that I have is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - by the way, that's Bach's second son - Emanuel Bach's variations on "Le Folie." You'll definitely hear - I mean, I think if we listen to, say, the last couple of minutes of that track, there's a wide range of colors that the harpsichord is capable of. And I think, you know, that gives lie to the assumption that it doesn't have that kind of variety. And I think it very much speaks for itself.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayGivingKindMeanLastsLyingSpeakMinutesColorSonCoupleCapableTrackWideVarietyRangeAssumptionVariation Author:Mahan Esfahani
“I think previously, when fathers and sons argued with each other, they would still face each other and face each other's feelings, but now, the relationships between people has become much more abstracted. I think, actually, in China, the gulf that exists between the pre- and post-internet generations is more vast.” PeopleThinkingStillsFeelingsFacesFatherGenerationsSonInternetChinaPostsFather And Son Author:Jia Zhangke
“I think we're [me and my son] different. He plans, organizes and intellectualizes more than I do. It wasn't until I worked with Federico Fellini that I understood what my problem was.” ThinkingDifferentProblemPlansSonUnderstoodMy SonOrganize Author:Donald Sutherland
“I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.” ThinkingKindFatherInterestingSonDadConflictMalesFather Son Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also a screenwriter (he wrote What Lies Beneath). It blows my mind to see when people from one sector move to another and excel. I think Sicario was one of the best directed and written films. It did get [a nomination for best] cinematography, though.” PeopleThinkingMindCharacterFilmMovingLyingActorsWrittenSonDirectorsBlowAnarchyScreenwritersNominationsGreat CharacterCharacter ActorsCinematography Author:Bun B
“While I'm singing complete gibberish to my son when he's in his crib, I'll occasionally think, 'This song I'm making up is actually pretty good.'” ThinkingSongSonSingingMy SonMaking Up Author:A.C. Newman
“It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and warfare on us. And I think there is going to be a surge from the bottom up that will begin to straighten things out. Because Americans, in the long run, are not going to want their daughters and their sons to die overseas so the al Saud family can continue raping Saudi Arabia's revenue.” ThinkingWayWantLongRunningLife IsDiesClearPolicySonDaughterImpactBottomAlsLong RunsWarfareRevenueArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisAnimosity Author:Michael Scheuer
“Two sons, they'll both be presidents after they win their Nobel Prizes. And the daughters, they'll be prima ballerinas before they become the president of Princeton and start their Internet company. And I just started to think about What's the conventional load of those expectations you carry around? You have to pull them out one by one and smash them in the corner. You realize the pile is quite high. But in a way, it becomes oddly liberating to do that.” ThinkingWayTwoWinningPresidentRealizingCompanySonInternetExpectationsDaughterCornersPrizeLoadConventionalLiberatingNobelNobel PrizeBallerinaPrinceton Author:Ron Suskind
“I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in civil war. I see things in personal terms. I just can't see sending one of my sons - or your son or daughter - to fight in a civil war, where on one side we have a dictator, who in all likelihood gassed his people.” PeopleThinkingWantWarReasonFightingEvilSidesTermSonInvolvedDaughterCivil WarMy SonDictatorSyriaBoth SidesLikelihoodYour Son Author:Rand Paul
“I think indeed our response on counterinsurgency needs to be finely tuned to the needs of Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. We don't have a Sons of Iraq here. We don't have the same divisions here that we had between Sunni and Shia.” ThinkingNeedsSonResponseIraqDivisionAfghanistanShiaCounterinsurgency Author:Rahm Emanuel
“I think rappers are the fall guy because some of us don't have the wits to point the finger back. The thing is when you take a whole generation and whip them out, string the mothers out and put the fathers in jail - the reason I know respect is because my father is the mediator between me and my grandfather. I'm the mediator between my son and my father because I'm old enough to understand where my father is coming from and young enough to understand what my kid is trying to do. When you whip out the mediator the kids run wild and the old people are scared of them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingReasonEnoughWholeRunningKidsYoungMotherGuyFallFatherGenerationsSonFingersScaredWitStringsMy SonJailRapperGrandfatherOld PeopleMy GrandfatherWhipsMediators Author:Nelly
“When you strip the bark off of Donald Trump, I think he's a very practical person. I think he's a very smart person. He's got an analytical mind. I think he's tapped into something. His son said he's the "blue collar billionaire."” ThinkingMindPersonsSaidSonTrumpSmartBluePracticalsBillionaireBarkCollarsVery SmartBlue CollarSmart Person Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“I do not get involved in the game to think that it is a future transition for me getting back into the ring. It was not my intention. I've stated many times that I did it for my son.” ThinkingGamesSonInvolvedIntentionRingsMy SonTransitionGet Involved Author:Bill Goldberg
“Think about all of the families where the father is a doctor and the son is a doctor or generations of coal miners. Why did they go into that line of work? Because that's what they were taught. Or was it in their genes? It's not an either/or question. It's both. I was inclined in that way. I was sensitive to music and poetry, and it was around me growing up.” ThinkingWayFatherLinesGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsTaughtSonDoctorsSensitiveGenesCoalMinersEither OrCoal Miners Author:Rosanne Cash
“I think there can always be beauty in struggle. I mean, as far as childbirth, I had my son in the hospital, but then I had my daughter at home. There's no doubt that there's a struggling in birth, and a beauty and a horror and fear and joy too.” ThinkingMeanHomeJoyStruggleDoubtSonBirthHorrorDaughterNo DoubtMy DaughterMy SonHospitalsChildbirth Author:Patricia Arquette
“I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking.” ThinkingFightingAsksAnimalSonGoes OnAsk MeMy Son Author:Ben Sollee
“The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on the climactic revelation in the son, but this in self-conscious fulfillment of the promises and covenants that were already made to God's chosen people in Old Testament times.” PeopleThinkingWritingMadeSelfSonPromiseConsciousInspiredScriptureChosenFulfillmentRevelationsTestamentNew TestamentSelf ConsciousCovenantOld TestamentArticulationFlushing Author:D. A. Carson
“I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.” ThinkingKindStrongBornSonMy SonSensationsNever Ending Author:Etgar Keret
“Like the guy I was dating. White, liberal, educated. I went to meet his family and I think that they probably didn't know they had a problem with it until he walked in with me. And they definitely had issues. Mom had issues with it. Could not, didn't want to see her son. And I don't think she had anything against me. But it was about her son bringing me home. And I felt that for the first time. I was like, 'Wow, that's deep.' It's really simple: I don't fit their picture.” ThinkingKnowsWantFirstsProblemHomeGuyFeltSimpleWhiteIssuesSonMomFitFirst TimeDatingEducatedWow Author:Sanaa Lathan
“I'm divorced and have a son and a grandson and it is a problem being away most of the time. Living as I do, if I had a wife and children I think it would be really hard to do.” IfsThinkingChildrenHardProblemWould BeWifeSonDivorcedGrandson Author:Doug Rice
“Before I began The Cider House Rules, I thought I wanted to write about a father-son relationship that was closer, more conflicted, and ultimately more loving, than most. Then I began to think of a relationship between an old orphanage director and an unadoptable orphan - a kid who goes out into the world and fails and keeps coming back, so that the old guy ends up with someone he's got to keep.” ThinkingWorldWritingEndsKidsWantedGuyFatherHouseFailingSonDirectorsComing BackOrphanFather SonOrphanageOld GuysCiderFather Son RelationshipHouse Rules Author:John Irving
“When you talk about "infertility" you're already using a land-based metaphor - a woman's body compared to property, to be considered fruitful or barren. And "estate" encompasses both legacy and landscape. Think of Emerson, referring to his son's death as "the loss of a beautiful estate."” ThinkingBodyBeautifulLossLandSonPropertyMetaphorLandscapeLegacyEstatesBarrenReferringWomen's BodiesInfertility Author:Monica Youn
“I look at my little ones and I love them so much. I think to myself, "By God, if my son is gay, it's not that he was turned or learned into it. My son, his soul, the way he was born ... this is him.” IfsThinkingWayLooksLittlesSoulBornSonGayMy Son Author:Michael Buble
“I did do a presentation pilot with Jesse Eisenberg and he's wonderful. He's such a great writer. He directed me and he wrote these wonderful scripts and we're waiting to hear if marketers and advertisers think that an audience wants to look at a bad mom and her 10-year-old son in a show.” IfsThinkingWantYearsLooksShowsWaitingAudienceWonderfulSonMomScriptsPilotsPresentationGreat WritersMarketersAdvertisersBad Mom Author:Parker Posey
“It was really just the name that inspired me: Rainsboro. It's located near Rocky Fork State Park. I have probably driven through that little place a thousand times, but, in that weird way my mind works sometimes, one particular evening it just hit me the right way, I guess. Created a mood more than anything else. And then I started thinking about a woman and her young son who end up there.” ThinkingWayMindLittlesEndsSometimesStatesYoungNamesParticularSonThousandInspiredDrivenMoodEveningParksRight WayForksYoung Sons Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“My sons...I was crazy about my sons and I think I've done a super job in bringing them up.” ThinkingDoneJobsCrazySonMy Son Author:Indira Gandhi
“What we do now, on the other hand...Don't think that I'm crazy about this kind of politics. It's no accident that I've done everything to keep my sons out of it, and so far I've succeeded. After independence I retired immediately from politics.” ThinkingKindDoneHandsCrazySonIndependenceAccidentsMy SonRetired Author:Indira Gandhi
“I think more about clicking the teeth, because I have to line them up just exactly right, and then I slam them down so they exactly meet. And I think I worry about that too much. I'm not thinking about remembering. Like, "Wow, that was a great moment went my son went trick-or-treating": click. "What was I supposed to remember?" That sort of thing.” ThinkingMomentsRememberLinesWorryToo MuchSonTricksTeethMy SonWowClicksSlamGreat Moments Author:Rich Fulcher
“The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's so clear and concise, and it's entertaining in the sense that everyone can relate to it. But you have no doubt what our Lord was trying to communicate in the heart of that story. So the truth was not sacrificed on the altar of entertainment in that case. And it can be.” ThinkingTryingHeartCharacterStoriesLordCasesClearDoubtWrittenSonDramaEntertainmentCommunicateRelateNo DoubtShort StoryEntertainingOur LordAltarsGreat CharacterProdigalsConciseProdigal Son Author:Max Lucado
“I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never ever been acknowledged in the history books. John Winthrop wasn't off the boat ten seconds before he passes a law that homosexuals should be hanged. And then he hung 'em, including an attempt to hang his own son when he found out he was gay.” PeopleThinkingShouldBookLawFoundSonGayTenIncludingBoatEmsSecondsHungHomosexualHistory Books Author:Kevin Sessums
“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
“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
“Christian is a term used to describe a broad range of those who believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. I think of myself at an Evangelical Christian and regularly attend a Pentecostal church.” ThinkingBelieveChristianUsedJesusTermChristChurchSonJesus ChristRangeBroadsEvangelicalPentecostal Author:Jeff Gannon
“It would be great for everyone to grow up like I grew up, where everyone had a job. It would be nice for everybody. I'm the son of a "legal" immigrant. I think it would be nice for everyone to get back to work. Get rid of homelessness. People could work. I think if people give Donald Trump a chance, he'll do great.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingWould BeJobsGrowsChanceGrowing UpNiceSonGrewTrumpGrew UpImmigrantsGet BackBeing NiceHomelessnessBack To Work Author:Frank Stallone
“Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the Father which is in heaven. Now if Jesus didn't know when he was coming back, it's crazy for me to try to think.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenTryingFatherJesusHeavenHoursCrazySonAngleComing BackMatthew Author:Rick Warren
“I think these discussions with my father even gave the label of pacifist, particularly with my father, and he mentions this when he turns himself in to prison at La Catedral when he dedicates his action to his 14-year-old pacifist son.” ThinkingYearsActionTurnsFatherSonPrisonLabelsDiscussionPacifist Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“When one is that powerful and one think life will last like that forever, it is simply the most ephemeral thing. I don't think these sons and daughters of drug dealers are contributing to a lasting peace nor to human values that add to our society. They're delivering the message of riches and power that comes at the cost of people's lives and health and they incentivize young people to follow this model.” PeopleThinkingHumansLastsYoungValuesPowerfulForeverSonCostDrugMessagesModelsDaughterAddRichesOur SocietyLastingContributingDealerDeliveringEphemeralHuman ValuesSon And DaughterDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar