"Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father."

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Source : James Q. Wilson (1997). “The Moral Sense”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

James Q. Wilson

#Family Quotes #Strong Quotes #Father Quotes

“I love showing my personality in my cooking.”
“The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you.”
“What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching it to see if there's a photographic essay in it for me. If images don't start to come, I'll go to something else”
“Evie replied with an eye-roll. â€œDo you think you can manage to not steal anything while Iâ€™m gone?â€ â€œThe only thing Iâ€™m trying to steal is your heart, doll.â€ Sam smirked. â€œYouâ€™re not that talented a thief, Sam Lloyd.”
“Pretty is a self-serving situation in which it's all about you. People who are pretty are superficial, but they are not beautiful. Beauty requires more depth.”

Source : "Diane Keaton on Woody Allen's feet, Al Pacino's nose" by Bob Minzesheimer, www.usatoday.com. April 28, 2014.
“I don't really care who gets their inspiration from where, it's the end results that count.”
“...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?”
“Never mind what a man says; watch what he does.”

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