Famous Quotes & Sayings

Umberto Eco

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Woody Harrelson

I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her ... I think it's the best thing going, parenthood.

Will Arnett

I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.

Wendell Phillips

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Joseph Addison

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Luther Vandross

My father would lift me high. And dance with my mother and me and then. Spin me around til I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was loved.

Olive Schreiner

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.

Epictetus

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

Mike Myers

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

Denis Waitley

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Simone Weil

The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.

Lana Turner

Well, I'm going up and up and up--and nobody's going to pull me down!

Jeaniene Frost

I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation.