Son Quotes

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. It's just remarkable.

I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.

I am truly my mother's son.

To me this movie is about what is valuable. To one person it might be a stone; to someone else, a story in a magazine; to another, it is a child. The juxtaposition of one man obsessed with finding a valuable diamond with another man risking his life to find his son is the beating heart of this film.

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.

All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings.

Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old.

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections.

I've been a biker, I've been a convict, I've been a husband, father, and son.

The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of time watching 'Fireman Sam' with my three-year-old son Louis.

James Brown became my father. He would talk to me the way a father talked to a son. He became the father I never had.

I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, my 12-year-old son is my hero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can't imagine anything that would be more exciting.

The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death of his incarnate Son.

Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back.

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

Jesus, Son of the Eternal God, have mercy on me.

When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational.

My son does a little photography, but he's not involved the way I was.