When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

My name is Monika Ora Moniker, but you can call me MOM. Or dad will do just fine.

Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration.

When I went on tour with my father, I knew he was a musician. But they were my parents. I still think of my mum as being kind of a dork – a cooler one,...

My father was an army champion boxer… in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out...

I felt my father’s presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension.

The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama’s ‘Dreams From My Father’ is Jimmy Carter’s short campaign autobiography, ‘Why Not the Best?,’ published in 1975.

My father worked for GE for 40 years,

When I left my home to become an actress, my father didn’t give me a single penny. I struggled a lot, and they had no idea what I went through. My grandfather even asked me...

Maybe this isn’t the right thing to say, but I want you to know: When you ran for the stage, I’ve never been so proud of you in all my life. You’ve always been beautiful;...

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

I think one of the biggest reasons people have difficulty believing in God is because they don’t understand Him. You often hear doubting comments like, ‘If there is a God then why this and why...

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.

For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.

You see?” The Father whispered as the boy passed without meeting their eyes. “You shouldn’t feel ashamed of your problem. Your life experiences oftentimes is the same as someone else’s.

There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty and Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.

My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, ‘Life is short....

Non capì, comprese. Perché comprendere era di più, era un abbraccio, era prendere con sé, era farne parte.

When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I’m more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like...

We can discover much about God by looking at nature. Take the Trinity for example. The Trinity is sort of like an apple. You’ve got the seeds, the flesh, and the skin. Three different things....

… your father has two secrets. You, Kip are not one of them.

My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.

Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone.

It’s important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father’s craft.

He doesn’t have sex with sheep—he sleeps with scapegoats. He is my father, and I haven’t seen him since before I was born.

The biggest rebellion I could’ve ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long as I was doing something where I didn’t have to wear...

If you are a good parent, please continue to be a good one. But if you are bad parent, today is a great new beginning for you to start a great new chapter of parenthood.

I am somebody’s son, and I know a guy I call “Dad.” Those two things are unrelated.

I bring this up because in writing some thoughts about a father, or not having a father, I feel as though I’m writing a book about a troll under a bridge or a dragon. For...

I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please.

My father was an agnostic.

Si no quiere abrazarme, entonces que tampoco se acerque para golpearme.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be...

A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. “She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. She stamped her little foot at me.”He pointed down to her toes as if she were...

Two blades clashed, ringing like a bell. Like all small boys, Philip thought his father was invincible; and this was the moment when he learned the truth.

I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.

Damn straight.” My heart feels like one of Scottie’s clogs clomping down the hall. I don’t know why I became so angry.

It is the duty of every father… to write fairy tales for his children.

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

My father went to work every day, and it’s my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won’t be so good, but I have to go to work.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

My Dad has been a feminist, way before I learnt how to spell the word.

I think one of the sweetest proofs we have of the Father’s loving care for us is that we often find in this life the things which gave us great happiness below.

I decided I would go with them, but it would be at my father’s house that I would eat. I would share his food, and his poverty.

Was it too much to expect the rest of the world to care about grammar or pay attention to details?