- Man
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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 Jul 30, 2026
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother insisted that I pursue music. I rented out my father's musical equipment and earned some money. As a child, I wasn't sure about a career goal, but I was always fascinated by electronic gadgets, specially musical equipment.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was proud my father spoke Arabic fluently - his father sent him to learn Arabic from a sheikh - and we had Arab friends. His task of understanding the Arabs - not only politics but poetry - was very important; he took it as a vocation.
- Exam
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father, a good employee, a good boss, a good neighbour and a good citizen.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.
- Never Give Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.
- Never Give Up
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- Nov 07, 2020