Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad.
You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.
Being the son of a father who works so hard, I always wanted to be able take a lot of load off of my dad so he can just relax.
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.
The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.
My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.
In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart; I'm not a heartbreaker.
My father was an immigrant from Austria and he became a lawyer and became a judge and I think he was a good judge.
I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.
