Quotes of: Founding-fathers Keyword

As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.

Christine Keeler

One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.

Camryn Manheim

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

David Rockefeller

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

Fred Allen

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

George Eliot

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Miguel Indurain

My father is sort of the jokester. My dad is still the funniest guy in our family.

Seth Meyers

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.

Hugh Leonard

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.

Sam Sheppard

My mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education.

Gordon Bell

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

John James Audubon

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.

Olivia Williams

My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

Zoe Wanamaker

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

Yoko Ono

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

William P. Young

My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.

Rod Stewart

I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father.

Michael Douglas

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

Jay London

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

Mike Myers

What was the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man... God has the likeness of fingers and hands and a face.

Benny Hinn

I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

Lawrence Welk