Father Growing Old Quotes

#1. Laurence felt his face going red; she was sitting there in breeches that showed every inch of her leg, with a shirt held closed only by a neckcloth; he shifted his gaze to the unalarming top of her head and managed to say, Your servant, Miss Harcourt.

Naomi Novik

#2. Don't pass off your work to the new girl just because you don't like it." Kai winked at me as he moved back to his computer.
... "Stop going easy on the new girl just because you like her."
"Shut up, Will."
"What? You didn't want her to know? You're not hiding it very well." - Kai and Will

H.R. Willaston

#3. It would not be fair to say that the fire stole my faith, since in truth it has been slipping away from me all my life, flipping between my fingers like a shiny little minnow
such a far cry from the trophy salmon that dangled from my father's fist.

Elissa Janine Hoole

#4. When my father was growing up inside the Old City of Jerusalem, he and his friends liked to trade desserts after diner.

Naomi Shibab Nye

#5. I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.

Marianne Williamson

#6. My one complaint with my father as a parent is that, not only was he not a golfer, but also he was sort of opposed to golf. I was a country club kid growing up. I should have played golf, but my father thought golf was a sport for old men.

Mike Greenberg

#7. To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Euripides

#8. Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, Ive got no idea what makes the Palestinians tick.

Dennis Miller

#9. Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

Evan Esar

#10. Bea is the only good thing I've ever done in my life,' he said. 'Take care of her for me.'
My father went with him to the door and watched him walk away down Calle Santa Ana, with that sadness that softens men who are aware that they are growing old together.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#11. The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.

Carl Bernstein

#12. When I was growing up, I never really knew my father. I didn't get to know my father until I was about 14 years old.

Cole Hauser

#13. A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#14. My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.

Brittany Howard

#15. Sometimes you meet someone and you know that your life will be different from then on.

Julianna Baggott

#16. I think it must be one of those things where no one's wrong and everybody loses.

Elizabeth Langston

#17. The Best Way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.

Bill Murray

#18. I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

Tom Allen

#19. I just gravitated toward (working behind the scenes by) growing up on the different sets and watching my father and other people in their different capacities ... When I was 13 years old, I asked for a Super 8 camera.

Michael Landon Jr.

#20. He imagined them sitting somewhere, just enjoying each other's company, her head on his chest, his arm around her. And he realized how desperately lonely he had become.

Tim LaHaye