Papa Quotes - Page 2

• It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Dad, Nice, Voice

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• It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted and old at the age of twenty... once saw a man in London, in Leicester Square, who had been crippled by immoderate indulgence in coffee; he was no longer in any pain, having grown accustomed to his condition, and had cut himself down to five or six cups a day.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Children, Pain, Coffee

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• Papa, do you like my new friend?" Frances Catherine asked when they were halfway across the field. "I surely do." "Can I keep her?" "For the love of...No, you can't keep her. She isn't a puppy. You can be her friend, though," he hastily added before his daughter could argue with him. "Forever, papa?" She 'd asked her father that question, but Judith answered her. "Forever," she shyly whispered. Frances Catherine reached across her father's chest to take hold of Judith's hand. "Forever," she pledged.

  Julie Garwood

  Daughter, Father, Hands

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• The goblins of the city may hold committees to divide a single potato, but the strong and the cruel still sit on the hill, and drink vodka, and wear black furs, and slurp borscht by the pail, like blood. Children may wear through their socks marching in righteous parades, but Papa never misses his wine with supper. Therefore, it is better to be strong and cruel than to be fair. At least, one eats better that way. And morality is more dependent on the state of one’s stomach than of one’s nation.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Strong, Children, Wine

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• Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy for my papa a beautiful new cloth coat. But what am I saying? Cloth, indeed! It shall be all made of gold and silver, and it shall have diamond buttons. That poor man really deserves it; for to buy me books and to have me taught he has remained in his shirt sleeves... And in this cold! It is only fathers who are capable of such sacrifices!

  Carlo Collodi

  Beautiful, Father, Book

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• The street to my left was backed up with traffic and I watched the people waiting patiently in the cars. There was almost always a man and a women, staring straight ahead, not talking. It was, finally, for everyone, a matter of waiting. You waited and you waited- for the hospital, the doctor, the plumber, the madhouse, the jail, papa death himself. First the signal red, then the signal was green. The citizens of the world ate food and watched t.v. and worried about their jobs or lack of the same, while they waited.

  Charles Bukowski

  Jobs, Men, Doctors

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• Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff.

  Barbara Mertz

  Wall, Eight, Break Through

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• You must not imagine that Papa or I have the least notion of compelling you to marry anyone whom you hold in aversion, for I am sure that such a thing would be quite shocking! And Charles would not do so either, would you, dear Charles?”(Elizabeth Ombersley) “No, certainly not. But neither would I consent to her marriage with any such frippery fellow as Augustus Fawnhope!” “Augustus,” announced Cecilia, putting up her chin, “will be remembered long after you have sunk into oblivion!” “By his creditors? I don’t doubt it.

  Georgette Heyer

  Long, Doubt, Would Be

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• He scarcely saw his parents. When Christopher was small, he was terrified that he would meet Papa out walking in the Park one day and not recognize him.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Parent, One Day, Parks

  Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “The Lives of Christopher Chant (The Chrestomanci Series, Book 4)”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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• Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class. At a time when I had not yet grasped the significance of the fact that in my house English was a second language, or that I wore dresses while my brother wore pants, I knew--and I knew it was important to know--that Papa worked hard all day long.

  Vivian Gornick

  Girl, Brother, Work

  Vivian Gornick (1977). “The romance of American Communism”

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• I wanted to make a real love story with a bad ending, because a love story that ends good is the life of everyone - you and I, for example. I always say to people, You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them. Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, mama, mama, papa, papa.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Real, Kids, Yelling

  "Conversation: Graphic Novelist, Director Marjane Satrapi". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. August 17, 2012.

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• They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Boys, Mirrors, Pistols

  Cormac McCarthy (2007). “The Road”, p.111, Vintage

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• [Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.

  Jon Gordon

  Impact, Years, Gigs

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• Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.

  James M. Barrie

  Wise, Mother, Children

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.140, Jazzybee Verlag

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• My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.

  Conor Oberst

  Brother, Hate, College

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• Official opposition to overall economic planning and planning controls has been characterized in a recent editorial as "Papa knows best." But it is precisely because Papa does not know best that I believe that Government should not presume to tell any businessman or industrialist what he should or should not do, far less what he may or not do; and no matter how it may be dressed up that is what planning is.

  John James Cowperthwaite

  Believe, Government, May

  Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 133), March 30, 1962.

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• We're striving to stay in the arenas. We [Papa Roach] had just little things that just took our show a step up and were so stoked for that.

  Tony Palermo

  Roaches, Littles, Arena

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• Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly.

  Tupac Shakur

  Family, Responsibility, Men

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• Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men, Mama's in the graveyard, Papa's in the pen.

  Garth Brooks

  Men, Infidelity, Mama

  Song: Papa Loved Mama, 1991

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• Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I knew people who can't even learn from what happened this morning. Hegel must have been taking the long view.

  John Brunner

  Morning, Views, Long

  John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.135, Macmillan

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• My daddy, or papa as Ilike to call him is always healthy. Sure, he had the herpes but he managed it very well!

  Santino Marella

  Wwe, Daddy, Healthy

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• Directly after God in heaven comes a Papa.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Inspirational, Heaven

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• You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who've figured out that playing ball is the highest purpose God ever invented the human male body for.

  David James Duncan

  Soul, Males, Balls

  David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.12, Dial Press

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• Children never lie...I remember my daughter standing in her crib the first time I gave her caviar. I put it on bread. She ate it and said, "Encore, Papa."

  Jacques Pepin

  Daughter, Children, Lying

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• Why did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?

  Sabrina Jeffries

  Nurse, Mama, Made

  Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “A Lady Never Surrenders”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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