- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Father Quotes
On fathers, faith, and what gets passed down.
This collection includes a personal account of learning Catholic prayer practice during a conversion, and a decision two parents made together about which faith tradition their child would follow. For devotional reading, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was at my father's office, and I'd be in the back of his office, building Lego skyscrapers, as he was negotiating million-dollar deals.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, 'Hey, come see my play,' he'd say, 'Sure.' He'd see one, 'Oh, good play' - you know, very typical dad reaction.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The workplace should have a place where the kids can visit. They should have places at the mother's or the father's work where professionals can have their kids visit them whenever they feel like it.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say Triple H is the biggest influence on my career. He's almost like a father figure. If I slip up, or there's a problem, he lets me know.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told my father I wanted to act, and he stared renting all these classic films for me to watch.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand my mother and father and sister are in Turkey, but if I stop talking, who is going to speak for the thousands and thousands of innocent people in jail?
- Good Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very good husband. And a very good father.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers' education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020