#fat

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#be real #because #both #children #enough

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#been #boxing #business #father #had

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life. ↗

— Marion Jones

#father #involved #life #light #mom

You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people. ↗

— Norah Jones

#father #him #know #known #last

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#father #figure #five #had #hard

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. ↗

— Erica Jong

#forebears #grandfather #living #mother #painted

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair. ↗

— June Jordan

#big #both #fair #father #fight

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. ↗

— June Jordan

#hero #intense #over-the-top #passionate #tyrant

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' ↗

— Michael Jordan

#anything #father #know #late #never

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#father #grave #his #love #man