Quotes with father

Quotes 181 till 200 of 272.

  • George Herbert One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Ben Okri One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis Our father was married twice,' continued Humanist. 'Once to a lady named Epichaerecacia, and afterwards to Euphuia...
    The Pilgrims Regress (1933)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Carlo Collodi Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
    Pinocchio
    Carlo Collodi
    Italian author, humorist and journalist (1826 - 1890)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Benny Green Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.
    Benny Green
    American musician
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  • Eva Figes Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for ''doing the best'' for his children?
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  • Emma Goldman Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the father's curse, mother's moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • William Shakespeare Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou,
    Romeo?
    Deny thy father, and refuse thy name…
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bobby McFerrin Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Bill Griffith She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister.
    Bill Griffith
    American cartoonist (1944 - )
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  • Anne Bronte She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Bill Paxton Since I was a small boy, I was always around the game. I don't play golf much myself, but I love watching it. My father has played golf all his life.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Buffalo Bill So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.
    An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (2009 edition)
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Augustus William Hare Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Charles Dickens Take example by your father, my boy, and be very careful of vidders all your life, specially if they've kept a public house, Sammy.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • August Strindberg That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
    August Strindberg
    Swedish writer (1849 - 1912)
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  • Oscar Wilde The American father is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bern Williams The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.
    Bern Williams
    English philosopher
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