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A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.
Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development.
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.
God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.
The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do.
Even when I'm tired, when I come home and think about catching up on my sleep, I'd rather stay up and hold my daughters.
I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.
If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: 'perfect moment alert.' I try to really notice when we're having a PMA.
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter... or anybody else's wife.
My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.
On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.
Can't keep track of it no more, son's becoming husbands to their mothers, and old men turning your daughters into whores.
On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl.
Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
I think all artists secretly hope their kids might do something safer and straitlaced: maybe my daughter 'll be a banker.
It's important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
In my house, neither my wife nor my daughter are impressed that I'm on television, and they remind me of that frequently.
There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.
My daughters depend on me for a lot more than food, clothing and shelter. They depend on me as an example of how to go on.
You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.
My wife's father said if you marry my daughter I'll give you three acres and a cow. I'm still waiting for the three acres.
You know I don’t listen to market gossip,” she began, “but it is hard not to hear it when my daughter’s name is mentioned.
I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.
The strongest lesson I can teach my son is the same lesson I teach my daughter: how to be who he wishes to be for himself.
I love my life. I'm really grateful. My biggest dream come true is my daughter. I've wanted her since I was a little girl.
Maid of the luminous grey-eyes, Mistress of honey and marble implacable white thighs and Goddess, chaste daughter of Zeus.
When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem.
I don't say "oh, I'm a grandmother; I can't wear this anymore." Everything I can't wear I've already given to my daughter.
I have daughters and I have sons./When one of them lays a hand/On my shoulder, shining fish/Turn suddenly in the deep sea.
When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations.
I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.(IAGO,ActI,SceneI)
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.
In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
Every time I look into the mirror, I want to see a man whose mother, sister, wife and daughter are proud to call their own.
I'd rather have a daughter in a whorehouse than a son in the police force,' Esther used to rage to anyone who would listen.
I have been incredibly blessed with a mother who supports me 100 percent - she sees nothing but perfection in her daughter.
As ecstatic as I was at the birth of my daughter, I felt selfish bringing her, and later my son, into our screwed-up world.
I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.
The business of Mr. Bennett's life was to keep his daughters alive. The business of Mrs. Bennett's was to get them married.
On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.
I've been married one time and I have one daughter, who I love more than anyone in the world. And that's where my world is.
My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.
I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.