#fat

My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#could #definitely #double #father #i

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#am #children #father #good #good father

My father's sister never married in order to raise me. ↗

— Marcel Carne

#married #me #never #order #raise

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#commonly #considering #fatherless #fathers #general

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian. ↗

— Neko Case

#been #christian #father #i #only

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#fatal #growth #idea #inside #leaving

My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#crossing #followed #girl #grandfather #grandmother

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#bargain #conclude #deception #end #infatuated

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#believe #falls #fate #however #i

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. ↗

— Prince Charles

#dress #ever #eyes #father #her