Quotes of: Father-figure Keyword

I became an actor because it was my clumsy attempt to become myself.

Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

I saw my father as a man, and not, as a man who was my father.

How Green Was My Valley

Be the great person you were always meant to be.

Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest

Only by fully experiencing fear, can you ever hope to control it.

Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest

If Jesus didn't do it, don't say the Father does. If Jesus did do it, don't say the Father doesn't.

D.R. Silva

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Bill Cosby

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Michael Jordan

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

Richard Louv

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

Orson Scott Card

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.

William Pennington

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

Indira Gandhi

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

Jack Anderson

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

Michael Douglas

My mother and my father divorced during the time that my father was getting his Ph.D. at Tulane.

Natasha Trethewey

[repeated lines] Father Merrin, Father Damien Karras: The Power of Christ compels you!

The Exorcist

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

William Ames

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

Tom Rice

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

Jeff Bridges

In the case of Michel Angelo we have an artist who with brush and chisel portrayed literally thousands of human forms; but with this peculiarity, that while scores and scores of his male figures are obviously suffused and inspired by a romantic senti...

The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women

On his deathbed, my grandpa told me three things to remember for after he died. First he said, "You can't own a cat. Ever." Second he told me, "Friendly boys make friendly friends." Finally he said, "You were adopted, just like your father before you...

This Book is Not FOR SALE

[Having played two pieces of music to Father Vogel, who does not recognize either] Antonio Salieri: Can you remember no melody of mine? I was the most famous composer in Europe. I wrote 40 operas alone! [suddenly inspired] Antonio Salieri: Here, what...

Amadeus