The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
Copy Quote View & ShareThirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
Copy Quote View & ShareI'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'
Copy Quote View & ShareI've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?
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