#father

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#being #believes #complexity #deal #father

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration. ↗

— Lincoln Ellsworth

#affection #austere #did #father #feels

One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#comfortable #confidence #dedicated #father #friend

I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest source of satisfaction in his life had been going to work in the company of other workers. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#before #company #father #going #got

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

#credit #first #grandfather #group #kinds

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. ↗

— Indira Gandhi

#father #i #i am #political #saint

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#both #career #father #make #mother

Well, my father was in the Army and we traveled quite a bit when I was growing up, and I thought that I would like to have a military career, although I was drawn more towards the Navy. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#army #bit #career #drawn #father

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#actress #adventures #always #become #expected

Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#because #credit #does #donate #father