"My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."

-- Clifton Fadiman

#Father Quotes #Taken Quotes #Son Quotes

“What worries me is the professionalism of everything.”
“Far from being an aberration that is not representative of Christianity, the persecution of heretics follows logically from the connection of faith and salvation as presented by Jesus in the Gospels.”
“We are bits of energy floating about in various guises, and when we die we rejoin the big cosmic soup of the universe.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It’s about reaching that moment of pure ecstasy when a drawing just happens. Where every move you make with your hand and every thought you have in your head grows in front of you without any mistakes; no rubbing out, starting again and getting frustrated. It’s like being in a trance - it’s a fluid - and you almost don’t remember doing the picture. Drawing is an escape from all the unnecessary things in life that get in the way of being free.”
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”

Source : 1623 The Bondman, act1, sc.3.
“Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not just Hip-Hop, so that we could understand. The better your 'listening ear' is, the better your music will be.”
“I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones.”
“Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic?”

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