The biggest rebellion I could've ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long as I was doing something... →
Christian Bale
My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being... →
J. G. Ballard
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught... →
Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my... →
It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to... →
Honore de Balzac
I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father - when I'm impatient. It's very charming.
Maria Bamford
My father made sure I was treated equally with my brothers.
Joyce Banda
You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.
Daniel Craig
My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but... →
Lionel Barber
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.