Father Quotes

I chose the Republican Party early on in the 1950s and 1960s in Massachusetts. My father was a Republican, as was my mother, in Virginia.

Edward Brooke
- Mother
- Father
- Party
There is a fine circumstance connected with the character of a Cynic,-that he must be beaten like an ass, and yet when beaten must love those who beat him, as the father, as the brother of all.

Epictetus
- Character
- Father
- Brother

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

Paul Desmond
- Age
- Father
- VIolin
My father, in a way, was a mentor in the way he instilled the basic values and ethics in me. My mother was a mentor by showing me an example to say that if women have tenacity, they can achieve whatever they have to.

Chanda Kochhar
- Women
- Mother
- Ethics
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

William Peter Blatty
- Devil
- Doe
- Advertising
If we're honest, most of us would accept that a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband ... you find that he tends to do more good than harm. He might be a bad boss but at least he's employing someone while he is in fact a boss.

Tony Abbott
Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter to minds with grief oppressed.

William Drummond
- Children
- Sleep
- Sweet
My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man.

Henry Rollins Black Flag
- Men
- Ends
- Rocks