#father

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#father #full #i #jackson #kinds

Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!' ↗

— Emo Philips

#grandfather #last #remember #said #truck

I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!' ↗

— Emo Philips

#asked #father #girlfriend #had #hello

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#better #fathers #good #imitation #must

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#father #fortunate #gambling #gene #gift

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 come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#ancestors #been #both #business #come

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#children #father #his #i #me