#father

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power. ↗

— Norman Thomas

#faults #forefathers #freedom #given #loved

I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can be confused. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#confused #director #father #father figure #female

By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ↗

— John Pearson

#almighty #bless #blessings #breasts #deep

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#cure #deteriorate #devastating #disease #family

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then? ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#been #before #dad #great-grandfather #had

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#fathers #former #further #now #over

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#decided #did #father #i #life

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#class #colonial #father #important #man

My father was the quintessential husband and dad. ↗