Quotes of: Father-figure Keyword

It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping ...

The Bad Beginning

Robert Thorn: What do you know about my son? Father Brennan: Everything. Robert Thorn: And what is that? Father Brennan: I saw its mother. Robert Thorn: You saw my wife. Father Brennan: I saw its mother. Robert Thorn: You are referring to my wife! Fa...

The Omen

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

William Shakespeare

She wanted to punch her father in his snout, but she wouldn’t. He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her father just the same.

A Tale Of Two Dragons

Father Leary: I didn't realise you hated me that much. Father James Lavelle: I don't hate you, at all. Father Leary: Then, why? Father James Lavelle: It's just you have no integrity. That's the worst thing I could say about anybody.

Calvary

At the funeral everyone was in shambles, a sob fest of tears. It was the first time I saw my dad crying, he tried to contain himself throughout the service but came the part of the ritual when the bishop went ashes to ashes and dust to dust my father...

Valentine Mabuza

Before turning 32 is an amazing time to do radical things. You figure out who you are while you figure out who you are not.

Kelly Cutrone

If you can't figure out what you were meant to do in this life, figure out what you were meant to do in this moment.

Shira Tamir

The superhero is a really popular figure in the West. In Asia or Korea, the young viewers are amused by the figure, but it is not really so sensational.

Bong Joon-ho

I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.

Alison Jackson

We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)

Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

Lord Mountbatten

Father: [Elsa has just discovered the true nature of the camp] Elsa I was sworn to secrecy. Mother: From your own wife? Father: I took an oath upon my life, do you understand? Elsa you believe in this too. You want this country to be strong... Mother...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Pope John XXIII

[2000 version] Lt. Kinderman: You go to films, Father Dyer? You like them? Father Dyer: Oh, sure. Lt. Kinderman: I get passes. In fact I've got a pass for the Crest tomorrow night. You'd like to go? Father Dyer: What's playing? Lt. Kinderman: "Wuther...

The Exorcist

You’re not beautiful,” he said. “Your profile said beautiful. You kind of overreached on that one.

Greta Smart Figures It Out

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

Edouard Manet

The main thing for me now is figure skating, which I intend to devote more than one year.

Julia Lipnitskaya

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

Johnny Weir

There is no point trying to figure out who is guilty or not at un-balancing the planet. I think we need to figure out and solve the problems together and not isolate from each other.

Sarah Polley

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

Richard M. Nixon