My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
Alain de Botton
When my mother died, I fell apart. My father wanted to control me. As a consequence, I ran away to America.
Louise Bourgeois
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important... →
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
My darling father gave me some decent getaway sticks - my legs are OK.
Julie Bowen
I've always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I've heard and read so many things... →
David Bowie
I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now.
Scotty Bowman
As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have resolved this conflict and disarmed... →
Allen Boyd
More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.
Paul D. Boyer
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the... →
Lorraine Bracco
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters... →
Alan Bradley