I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.

My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it.

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

But I know for a fact that had I had a father, I'd have some discipline. I'd have more confidence. Your mother cannot calm you down the way a man can. Your mother can't reassure you the way a man can. My mother couldn't show me where my manhood was. You need a man to teach you how to be a man.