When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, ‘Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.’ My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence. – Jidenna
It’s much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There’s an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don’t know how we can do this all. – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr. – Horton Foote
I was always interested in creative writing growing up. From junior high on, I was writing short stories. I also grew up watching movies. My father would take me to everything. Most weeks, I could open the paper having seen every movie listed. – Jeff Nichols
My father was a writer/director/producer, so instead of throwing a ball around, our bonding was going to see movies. And at an early age, I knew if I wanted to impress my dad, it was not going to be by throwing a ball real far. – Jason Bateman
My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He’d work in his studio, and I’d work in my space, but the door was always half open. – Jamie Wyeth
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him. – Halle Berry
I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood. – Ira Sachs
My father in his way influenced me and my sister to educate ourselves and to try to do things in life. – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself. – James E. Faust
My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad. – John Lasseter
When I read the ‘Dick and Jane’ stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other’s names because they always said each other’s names – a lot. So if Jane didn’t see the dog, Dick would say, ‘Look Jane, look. There is the dog next to Sally, Jane. The dog is also next to mother, Jane. The dog is next to father, Jane.’ – Jon Scieszka
I think a father is important for everyone. If you don’t have, then maybe not so much. In the world today, it’s possible that you grow up with only one parent in the family. – Jurgen Klopp
I always thought, ‘Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?’ But when my father got arrested, I really didn’t have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done. – Jared Kushner
My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do. – Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration. – James E. Faust
I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn’t approve of women generally, and she took on his values. She believed her own mother was foolish. – Julie Walters
For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don’t want to stand out. You don’t want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I’m a product of nepotism. That’s how I got my foot in the door, through my dad. – Jeff Bridges
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. – Indra Nooyi
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father’s boast that he had never read a book from end to end. – John le Carre
Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that. – John Wayne
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. – Joel Osteen
One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: ‘I’m going to write a book about my father.’ – John Burnside
Out of love for His Father and for us, He allowed Himself to suffer beyond the capacity of mortal man. He told us some of what that infinite sacrifice required of Him. – Henry B. Eyring
It’s about a father and daughter and the daughter’s friend and her relationship with her current husband. – Ismail Merchant
You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God’s commandment. – Ignatius of Antioch