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Father Quotes (page 55)

Philip Levine quote: "I say, Father, the years have brought me here, still your son,..."
I say, Father, the years have brought me here, still your son, they have brought me to a life I cannot understand. Philip Levine
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really,..."
Your father only has one foot on this earth. And really, really long legs . . . Elizabeth Gilbert
In really bad times, the hungriest would gather at his door at nightfall, vying for the chance to earn a few coins to feed their families by selling their bodies. Had I been older when my father died, I might have been among them. Instead I learned to hunt. Suzanne Collins
Norman Maclean quote: "If our father had had his way, nobody who did not knowhow to..."
If our father had had his way, nobody who did not knowhow to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him. Norman Maclean
Tupac Shakur quote: "Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father..."
Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father cause the coward wasn't their" {Tu Pac Shukur} Tupac Shakur
He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets? most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Her father was about to have a heart attack, and my memories of her are now tinged with a blue wash of misfortune that hadn't quite befallen her at the time. She was standing bare-legged in the jungly weeds that grew up between our houses. Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view. Jeffrey Eugenides
So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It’s too much. No matter what you do, you’re forsaking one vow or another. George R. R. Martin
Dr. Larch bent over him and kissed him, very lightly, on his lips. Homer heard Dr. Larch whisper, ‘Good work, Homer.’ He felt a second, even lighter kiss. ‘Good work, my boy,’ the doctor said, and then left him. Homer Wells felt his tears come silently; there were more tears than he remembered crying the last time he had cried – when Fuzzy Stone had died and Homer had lied about Fuzzy to Snowy Meadows and the others. He cried and cried, but he never made a sound; he would have to change... John Irving
God, you Jews are truly exotic."Exotic? She should only know the Greenblatts. Or Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sharpstein, my father's friends. Or for that matter, my cousin Tovah. Exotic? I mean, they're nice, but hardly exotic with their endless bickering over the best way to combat indigestion or how far back to sit from the television set. Woody Allen
Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old that he had won an Olympic gold medal. Hugh Laurie
it seemed to me that I had never metanother person on earthas discouraging to my happinessas my father. and it appeared that I hadthe same effect uponhim. Charles Bukowski
Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. Evan Esar
Homer quote: "It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child..."
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be. Homer
Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth. Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better. Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods Thomas Babington Macaulay

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