Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
By : Oscar Wilde
A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.
By : William Graham Sumner
I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we're completely living in it.
By : Tom Hooper
People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
By : Martin Short
And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things.
By : Bruce Nauman
We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.
By : Juan Marichal
My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.
By : Steve Nash
There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.
By : Dweezil Zappa
Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful.
By : Sam Sheppard