There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him. Use this quote
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things. Use this quote
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. Use this quote
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. Use this quote
I would stay on, but 'General Hospital' honestly doesn't seem to want that relationship with this character at the moment. They want little short doses during sweeps periods. Use this quote
I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular. Use this quote
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country. Use this quote
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son. Use this quote
You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you. Use this quote
My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. Use this quote
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face. Use this quote
I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation. Use this quote
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out. Use this quote
I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much. Use this quote
All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. Use this quote
What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it. Use this quote
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. Use this quote
I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own temperament was of a calm person. He was very composed and I never saw anger in him. To me, that was fascinating. Use this quote
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. Use this quote
I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights. Use this quote
