Quotes with father-in-law

Quotes 181 till 200 of 682.

  • Henry David Thoreau I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • James Joyce I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Alan Dershowitz I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Arthur Capper I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.
    Arthur Capper
    American politician (1865 - 1951)
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  • Martin Luther King I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • H.G. Wells I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.
    H.G. Wells
    British-born American author (1866 - 1946)
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  • Bernard Law Montgomery I want to impose on everyone that the bad times are over, they are finished! Our mandate from the Prime Minister is to destroy the Axis forces in North Africa...It can be done, and it will be done!
    Said to his troops in North Africa, promising the swift defeat of Rommel
    Bernard Law Montgomery
    British general (1887 - 1976)
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  • Brigham Young I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Billie Jean King I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
    Billie Jean
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Laurence Sterne I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.
    Laurence Sterne
    British author (1713 - 1768)
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  • Thomas Moore I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Billie Joe Armstrong I'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.
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor (1972 - )
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  • Benjamin Clementine I'm from a middle class family, but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • A. J. Foyt I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was.
    A. J. Foyt
    American auto racing driver (1935 - )
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  • Becki Newton I'm not cut out to be a detective on 'Law & Order' - I laugh too easily.
    Becki Newton
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Butch Trucks I've gotta be the only father begging his son to leave a six-figure job to go play in a rock n' roll band!
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Benjamin Watson I've heard my father say that the man is to be the priest, the provider, and the protector of his family. He's the priest because he is the spiritual leader, monitoring and growing the spiritual temperature of his family.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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