Father Quotes

My father, in 1952, just in his 20s, my father became the chief spokesman for the Nation of Islam. From 1952 to 1959, there were four temples. My father was responsible and credited for having maximized this membership. From four temples to 50 temples, there was so much work involved.

Ilyasah Shabazz
- Work
- Father
- Islam
My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

David Alan Grier
- Father

I adored my father - I was more attached to him than anyone.

Marisa Berenson
- Father
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.

Imtiaz Ali
- Sometimes
- Jobs
- Taste
My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt Dickerson, was a successful businessman. Their parties, from the '60s to the '80s, attracted cabinet officials, movie stars, and presidents.

John Dickerson
- Movie
- Mother
- Star
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.

Larry McMurtry
- True
- Man
- Maturity
My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.

Ed Bradley
- Hero
- Uncle
- Closer
I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.

Omari Hardwick
- Kids
- Poetry
- Names