Paternal Quotes
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Paternal Quotes & Sayings
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But I was brought up on convent morals and paternal nationalism, I was getting bogged down in contradictions.
— Simone De Beauvoir
I am not writing to flatter paternal egotism, to echo cant, or prop up humbug; I am merely telling the truth.
— Charlotte Bronte
I wish my parents could have raised every man out there.
— Marie Osmond
I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.
— Elizabeth Rodriguez
In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.
— Clyde Edgerton
My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
— Zarin Mehta
I think marriage is ghastly.
— Rupert Everett
Why one enjoys maternal grandparents more than the paternal ones, i have never understood, but it was like that for me.
— Aporva Kala
Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together.
— Jefferson Davis
A love as tender as that of a lover for his mistress dwells, undoubtedly, in some paternal hearts toward a son.
— Alexandre Dumas
Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs.
— Charles J. Shields
I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.
— Joel Edgerton
My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
— Laird Barron
But Dad looked delighted. My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?
— Gayle Forman
Kaka' (literally, paternal uncle).
— Mahatma Gandhi
God afflicts us because he loves us; and it is very pleasing to him, when in our afflictions he sees us abandon ourselves to his paternal care.
— Benedict Joseph Labre
The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.
— Washington Irving
We have a heard of gold, and that's what this medal is right here. It's a team that will never give up.
— Joseph Hagerty
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
— Alexander Pope
It is now clear that faith is a singular pledge of paternal love, treasured up for the sons whom he has adopted.
— John Calvin
The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.
— Austin O'Malley
Possibility is not a facet of opportunity. It's one of fate. And I've never been one to fear destiny.
— Rebecca Harris
His paternal tone irked me no end, and that helped to steel my resolve. I couldn't sell out the the Sixers.
— Ernest Cline
You know, being America, being the land of "number ones", everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.
— Branford Marsalis
Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.
— Caspar David Friedrich