Quotes of: Founding-fathers Keyword

My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

John Major

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.

Jehane Noujaim

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

Jordan Peele

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

Johnny Ramone

My mother and my father always had me in ballet and dance, and I sang in a girl's group.

Jessica White

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

David Bailey

Obama gets his identity and his ideology from his father.

Dinesh D'Souza

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.

Dennis Eckersley

My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.

David Green

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.

Dwight Howard

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

Denis Leary

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

Justin Townes Earle

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

Julian Fellowes

I have my father to thank for my build and height, and my mother to thank for my lips and eyes.

Jasmine Guinness

My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.

Jennifer Grey

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

Jane D. Hull

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

Jacky Ickx

My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.

Natalie Portman

Father Bobby: What about the life that was taken, Shakes? What's that worth? Lorenzo: To me? Nothing.

Sleepers

At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.

e. e. cummings

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

Haile Gebrselassie