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Father
«Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife»
Author: Jonathan Schattke
| About:
Creativity,
Knowledge,
Necessity
| Keywords:
creativity, Father, invention, midwife, midwives, necessity, The Mother
«No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.»
Author: Margaret Turnbull
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
affair, entirely, Father, His father, his mother, man of affairs, responsible, responsible for
«The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Positive thinking,
Respect
| Keywords:
charities, charity, child, conduct, deference, example, Father, fathering, forgiveness, good example, mother, opponent, proud, prouder, proud of, respect, tolerance
«They never say to you, 'What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead, they demand 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?' Only from»
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(Author, Pilot, Writer)
| Keywords:
brothers, butterflies, collect, collects, demand, elder brother, Father, games, His father, sound, weigh, weighing
«The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.»
Author: Confucius
| Keywords:
duties, equally, Father, Fathers and Sons, guilty, his son, neglects, not guilty, Son, The Father, the Son
«Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent-slimy, sneaking and abominable.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
abominable, accident, Father, Father of, scriptures, serpent, slimier, slimy, sneaking, sneaks, sneak out, sneak up, The Christian, The Father
«That's the interesting thing about becoming a father. Suddenly you universally have something in common with other people. I can be sitting next to a very straight, humorless businessman or stockbroker type on an airplane and we'll just start talking about kids. And that conversation last three or four hours.»
Author: Johnny Depp
(Actor)
| Keywords:
airplane, Airplanes, businessman, common interest, conversation, Father, hours, humorless, interesting, in common, kids, sitting, straight, suddenly, talking, type, universally
«One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.»
Author: Proverb
| About:
Family,
Funny
| Keywords:
boy, daughter, Father, Father of, Good Boy, good enough, grandchild, marry, mysteries, one of the boys, smartest, The Father
