#father

My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#being #bred #brother #care #discipline

My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.' ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#ever #expensive #father #get #gets

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#black #contained #ever #experience #father

My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it. ↗

— Keith Urban

#country #exposed #father #how #i

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#father #get #great #having #joy

For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness. ↗

— David Copperfield

#being #competing #conquest #father #i

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#fatherhood #love #most #present #pretending

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#certain #child #comes #company #father

My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University. ↗

— James Cronin

#dorothy #father #greek #had #met

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#get #grandfather #honey #more #right