Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.
Tatum O'Neal
My parents were children during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and it scarred them. Especially my father, who saw destitution in his Brooklyn... →
Bill O'Reilly
Every time I am tempted to buy some dopey thing, I hear my late father's voice: 'Do you really need that?' He was big on saving money and... →
My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred to his wishes.... →
My father was a racetrack bookie.
Peter O'Toole
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if... →
Adam Oates
The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way to the ceremony and had to turn my car... →
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home... →
Michelle Obama
We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University... →
Frank Ocean
The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was going to go to med school. My father's dream... →
Adepero Oduye