It’s because I haven’t courage,’ said Samuel. ‘I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my name, I might have called his name – but I did not. There...

I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.

You must make your choice: either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him...

I was crying on the inside, but on the outside, to the casual observer, and to the man who was dying, I was laughing. That man was my father, and I haven’t laughed that hard...

If I met a man who had eleven sons, the first thing I’d ask is, Are they all yours? And of course the next question I’d ask is, which one plays quarterback and which one...

Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series ‘M*A*S*H,’ and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael, who wrote it as a 15-year-old poet!

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won’t any by the time… he’s my age. That’s kinda hard to deal with.

My father nodded. His nod was for me. Different. But not different at all. My father understood. Maybe he had known. Maybe he hadn’t. It didn’t matter anymore. He understood. I knew he understood, just...

I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

Mom wholeheartedly… She loved me—and inspired me—with transcending devotion. It was a blessing—to have been her son, to have been loved—without conditions. Her words of wisdom opened my eyes to the world—and to myself. By...

My son is healthy and happy, so that’s all that matters to me.

I’m trying to tell him everything will be all right, but how can I say it with a straight face? My son’s no idiot. He knows when I’m lying. The medicine won’t taste bad.The bath...

Sparks are warm while they last.

No, you become a man when you first decide to put away the things of childhood, the talk of childhood, and the thoughts of childhood. You decide because you cannot be treated as both a...

Jacksonville was founded by a man named Jack. Jack’s last name wasn’t Sonville, as you’d expect. Oddly, Jack’s last name was Fatherville, but since Jack was himself a bastard, he found the name Jackfatherville to...

My girlfriend just had a baby. We’ve known each other for six months, so I’m pretty stunned to find myself becoming a father so soon. I hope the baby looks like me!

This kid’s excited because he’s with Bad Company and I’m excited because I’m with Chuck Berrys’ son.

A war is justified if you’re willing to send your son. If you’re not willing to send your son, then how do you send someone else’s?

I tramp the perpetual journeyMy signs are a rain-proof coat, good shoes, and a staff cut from the woods, No friend of mine takes his ease in my chair, I have no chair, no philosophy,...

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it’s feet first!

All my failures as a human being I blame on my father. Life is about accepting responsibility, and it’s time my father started being held accountable for my deficiencies.

That day had changed him. It had changed the entire village. Shaken by the death of a boy they had loved, each person had found ways to be more worthy of the sacrifice he had...

What do you know about somebody not being good enough for somebody else? And since when did you care whether Corinthians stood up or fell down? You’ve been laughing at us all your life. Corinthians....

Imagine how your mom felt. Your dad was the love of her life.

The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence—Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon.

I don’t feel my son should pay the price for what I do.

I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.

I never really grew up until I had kids.

She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing him back.

You become a man when, in having children, you not only physically look after and protect them but also protect them with all the love and learning you have to give.

Perfect!” Wrath bellowed. “And this is a doctor saying it — I mean, she went to medical school.”…”And Dr. Sam told me she’s delivered over fifteen thousand babies over the course of her career —...

She knew nothing of the massacre that went on around her, but when she released the wail of a broken hearted mother, one man heard her. The one who took her son’s life.

He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them.

The American Museum of Natural History is my son’s absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.

You ask how it is possible to be your own father and son. You should seek answers, although it is better to anticipate some, to be the light and dream.

On his deathbed, my grandpa told me three things to remember for after he died. First he said, “You can’t own a cat. Ever.” Second he told me, “Friendly boys make friendly friends.” Finally he...

I should name my future son after an orgasm sound. Not mine—his mother’s. It’d be silly to name him Eek, after my orgasm sound, because that’s his uncle’s name, and that’d be too confusing.

Exactly what are you wanting to teach your children? -How to love and care for themselves, or how to neglect and abandon themselves? Self-sarifice is NOT setting a good example.

Hazel squinted. “How far?””Just over the river and through the woods.”Percy raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? To Grandmother’s house we go?”Frank cleared his throat. “Yeah, anyway.

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. (“The Higgler”)

My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for ‘The District’ and ‘CSI: NY.’

He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

What’s your heart telling you to do?I don’t know.’Maybe, you’re trying too hard to hear it.

You can’t tell a millionaire’s son from a billionaire’s.

I’m just happy to have experienced life; to have had a beautiful son and to have loved.

He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on the hard lessons learned.

The bastard was effectively stuck until he and Morfyd helped him. Fearghus smiled a little at his father’s suffering and the female who caused it.I do love that woman.