As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

Many a bad habit is developed through overindulgence, and many a good one by chastisement; therefore, beat your son as well as your pupil; never indulge them.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way.

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.