"My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course."

-- Chic Murray

#Funny Quotes #Father Quotes #Humor Quotes

“People care about what newspapers tell them to care about.”

Source : Delia Parr (2010). “Love's First Bloom (Hearts Along the River Book #2)”, p.46, Bethany House
“There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.”
“She touched the healthy folds of skin around the baby's neck, wrists, and thighs, the dark lines crying for life made in his forehead, and thought how people start with wrinkles and end with wrinkles, grow into their skin and then live to grow out of it again.”
“Some people think they are too good to walk the same earth as the rest of us, let alone attend the same church.”
“Could it be that the atomic isolation of the husband and wife nucleus with an orbiting child or two is in fact a culturally imposed aberration for our species? As ill-suited to our evolved tendencies as corsets, chastity belts, and suits of armor? ...a distorted and distorting family structure inappropriate for our species?”
“I think you can have a Left that isn't culturally conservative talking about lunch-bucket issues.”
“I have always been a big fan of the character and am more of a moviegoer than a comic book guy, there is always something about the character of Batman that is very elemental. There is a great powerful myth to the character and romantic element that draws from a lot of literary sources”
“My dogs are more important than my family.”

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