Denzel Washington Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.

  Denzel Washington

  Mother, Father, Believe

  "Denzel Washington ‘The Great Debaters’ Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. December 24, 2007.

• My father was a minister for 50 years with Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always said, "Amen. God is love." I thought God is love was one word. Like "Godislove." And it took me a long time to learn what that really meant.

  Denzel Washington

  Father, Years, Long

  "‘The Book of Eli’: Interview with Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman". Roundtable discussions, www.beliefnet.com.

• The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father

  Denzel Washington

  Children, Father, Men

• I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

  Denzel Washington

  Movie, Kings, Father

• I remember my mother and father arguing about light bulbs because my father thought he could save money by putting 25-watt bulbs instead of 60-watt bulbs and my mother was trying to explain to him that her children needed to learn to read so that they could go to college. He couldn't see that.

  Denzel Washington

  Mother, Children, Father

  Source: shadowandact.com

• I remember my father telling me that just like Troy, he could get me in with the water department where he worked in New York. He talked about how he could get me on the job, and if I stayed 25 years, I could probably work my way up to be a supervisor and how it was a good union and all of the benefits and that I was going to make $20,000 in 50 years or whatever it was. He couldn't see that far.

  Denzel Washington

  Jobs, New York, Father

  Source: shadowandact.com

• [My father] could see as far as he could see and my mother wanted us to go to college so it was a very real part of my life.

  Denzel Washington

  Mother, Father, Real

  Source: shadowandact.com

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