Tony Parsons

I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#found #having #i #me #north

It felt natural. That is what I remember most about becoming a father halfway through my 20s. As if Mother Nature was giving me the big thumbs up. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#becoming #big #father #felt #giving

My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to make those sacrifices, nor was the generation before me and the generation after. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#before #bring #gave #generation #house

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#between #dead #eternity #folks #gone

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#behaviour #behind #bully #connected #coward

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#am #guy #i #i am #nice

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#flesh #go #large #living #permanent

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#apart #argument #before #child #convincing

The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#nation #regret #tattooed #voluntary #will

The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every morning. I know exactly what I want to be - 82kg - and I try to stick to it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#aloud #care #every #exactly #fanatical