note: The phrase Son of God had many meanings in Jesus' time, one of which was "a son born without a father," which, by all accounts, Jesus was. Just as the phrase virgin birth could mean simply an unmarried woman giving birth, which, by all accounts, describes Jesus' mother (see Geza Vermes, The Authentic Gospel of Jesus ). - Nick Flynn When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence. - Steve Largent

I spent most of my youth hauling sides of beef and pork to my father's shop. Carrying you is far more enjoyable." "How sweet," Annabelle mumbled sickly, her eyes closed. "Every woman dreams of being told that she's preferable to a dead cow. - Lisa Kleypas I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof. - Rodney Dangerfield My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father's generation. It's a kind of inheritance, the memory of it. - Haruki Murakami We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit. - Dixie Carter My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as...

I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father, she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think? - Jodi Picoult It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand. - Aimee Bender Becoming a father isn't difficult, but it's very difficult to be a father. - Wilhelm Busch I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. - Tom Cruise I have to be a father first and a husband first. - Antonio Davis You're going to be a father. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll throw up again. - David Eddings 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 th...

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons. - Victoria Abril I recently spoke at a university where a student told me it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers like the father character in my novel. I told him that I had recently read a novel called American Psycho,and that it was a shame that young Americans were serial murderers. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States. - Harry S Truman The more God asks us to participate in His mysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly to follow our dreams and our hearts. And that's difficult to do when we're used to living in a different way. Finally we discover, to our surprise, that God wants us to be happy, because He is the Father. - Paulo Coelho I feel that the sins of the fathers should not be visited on the sons. - Cassandra Clare The worst thing in the world was the way I...

The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been happy there? I know what you thought, but Valentine was a terrible father. He killed your pets, lied to you, and I know he hit you- don't even try to pretend he didn't." A flicker of a smile ghosted across Jace's face. "Only on alternate Thursdays. - Cassandra Clare Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance." "I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glanced at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certainupstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree onit is that you were a TERRIBLE father. - Rick Riordan I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He...

I met Leo Fender, who is the guru of all amplifiers, and he gave me a Stratocaster. He became a second father to me. - Dick Dale I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father. - Annette Funicello Brenna jumped to her feet the second Father Sinclair entered the chamber. "I'm so happy to see you," she cried out. "Be happy sitting down," Jamie ordered, hovering over her patient like a mother hen. - Julie Garwood I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father. - Herb Ritts

In discarding the monkey and substituting man, our Father in Heaven did the monkey an undeserved injustice. - Mark Twain [L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood. - John Adams Eugene has to stop doing God's job. God is big enough to do his own job. If God will judge our father for choosing to follow the way of our ancestors, then let God do the judging, not Eugene. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie You see, I never knew what I wanted to be -- I still don;t know. All I knew was that I was supposed to get married and have babies just like my mother did and my sisters did. I wanted to do that. I met your father and I was his wife, that is who I was. Then I had my children. And then I was a mother. That's who I was. A wife and a mother but I don't know if I was or if I am of any real value. Y...