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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

The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history — Edward Gibbon

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

I willed myself to stay awake, but the rain was so soft and the room was so warm and his voice was so deep and his knee was so snug that I slept. — Harper Lee

Cat Stevens' music, voice, and energy made me feel so secure. He sounded different from some of the paternal figures in my life, so gentle and kind. — Rivers Cuomo

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

So long as the paternal plan to make a State functionary contradicted my own inclinations only in the abstract, the conflict was easy to bear. — Adolf Hitler

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

He had accessorized his life with everything but paternal instinct. — Noorilhuda

Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song. — Peter R. Grant

That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object. — Hosea Ballou

Kaka' (literally, paternal uncle). — Mahatma Gandhi

The greater a man's fear, the greater his potential courage — Tim O'Brien

Understanding wasn't always necessary, as long as you believed. — Dean Koontz

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