Quotes About Influence

I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

I say to all fathers - be as good as you can be- because your sons and daughters will follow in your footsteps.

I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.

It has always been my belief that children inherit the suppressed tendencies of their parents. A clergyman's son frequently shows abnormal tastes for the pleasures that his father denied himself.

During his long political career, my father was always active in communicating the Christian gospel from the evangelical perspective.

Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds.

Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

I've always played for the acceptance of my godfather (Willie Mays) and father (Bobby Bonds).

Don't wait to make your son a great man - make him a great boy.

Fathers have a lot to do to make up for having sons.

I have teenage boys and I think teenage boys require a father to have eyeballs on them at all times.

It's hard to say a favorite song of my father's. I listen to all his stuff; a lot of the old stuff before the '70s.

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps.

I admire my father greatly.

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.

Without fathers you would have no civilization.

The child is the father of man.

I learned much from my father just by watching his example. If I saw him hold a door open for someone, I learned to do the same. Kids always observe their parents and I always watched my daddy.

My father wasn't the best role model to me.

It may be hard on some fathers not to have a son, but it is much harder on a boy not to have a father.

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.