I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.
Lincoln Steffens
If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.
My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.
My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I... →
My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from... →
My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.
My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.
My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.
I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.
William Steig
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck... →
Ben Stein