Papa Quotes - Page 5

• My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here an alcoholic bon vivant argues with a learned professor. Here a lyric muse, chronically love-struck, raises her eyes to heaven. Her papa steps forward, uttering pedantic protests. Here the indulgent uncle intercedes. Here the aunt babbles gossip. Here the maid giggles lasciviously. And I look upon it all with amazement, the sharpened pen in my left hand.

  Paul Klee

  Uncles, Hero, Eye

  Paul Klee, Felix Klee (1968). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.177, Univ of California Press

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• Papa's love did indeed have wondrous properties: it not only compensated for her boredom and anxiety, it was the cause of her boredom and anxiety.

  Vivian Gornick

  Boredom, Anxiety, Causes

  Vivian Gornick (2005). “Fierce Attachments: A Memoir”, p.23, Macmillan

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• All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.

  Giovanni Ruffini

  Distance, Sight, Perception

  Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.159

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• In the rush of complex modern living, we have a tendency to laugh at the 'bring-Papa-his-pipe-and-slippers' approach to marriage - but most men are more than a little wistful at its demise. A man dreams of home as a haven and his wife as a romantic, fragrant creature whose most important goal in life is making him comfortable.

  Arlene Dahl

  Dream, Home, Men

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• I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

  Imogen Poots

  Brother, My Birthday, Teens

  "Imogen Poots Talks Jeff Buckley Biopic & What She’s Got Coming To A Theater Near You". Interview with Jeff Otto, www.indiewire.com. August 8, 2011.

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• The other day when we were reading The Little Mermaid again, at the part where it says that only human souls can go up to heaven and mermaids can't, you (Daria) said, 'See that's like Papa. He lives in heaven. With the angels'

  Ekaterina Gordeeva

  Reading, Angel, Heaven

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• God first, then papa.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Firsts, God First

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• Tell Papa I admire him but from now on I plan to admire him from as far away as I can get.

  Budd Schulberg

  Far Away, Admire, Plans

  Budd Schulberg (2012). “Sparring with Hemingway: And Other Legends of the Fight Game”, p.19, Open Road Media

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• The light was leaving in the west it was blue The children's laughter sang and skipping just like the stones they threw the voices echoed across the way its getting late It was just another night with the sun set and the moon rise not so far behind to give us just enough light to lay down underneath the stars listen to papas translations of the stories across the sky we drew our own constellations

  Jack Johnson

  Stars, Laughter, Children

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• When I was just a little young boy, Papa said Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know, 'cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go.

  Robert Hunter

  Children, Son, Boys

  Robert Hunter, David G. Dodd (2005). “The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: The Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter and John Barlow, Lyrics to All Original Songs, with Selected Traditional and Cover Songs”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That's what Papa used to say.

  August Wilson

  Used

  August Wilson, Larry Fishburne, Samuel G Freedman, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney (2007). “August Wilson Century Cycle”

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• Every bit of land is a Holy land, and every drop of water is Holy water, and every single child is a son or a daughter of the one Earth mama, and the one Earth papa.

  Michael Franti

  Daughter, Children, Son

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• It’s just a mild disagreement, Papa. Remi has this whole need to breathe in and out, which annoys me. If he would just stop breathing, I’d be fine. (Aimee)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Breathing, Needs, Annoying

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.12, Macmillan

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• My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy. We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's countenance Could not unfrown itself. The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle. You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.

  Theodore Roethke

  Mother, Boys, Hands

  Theodore Roethke (2011). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, p.83, Anchor

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• 20 minutes later: a girl on Himmel Street. She looks up. She speaks in whisper. 'The sky is soft today, Max. The clouds are so soft and sad, and...' She looks away and crosses her arms. She thinks of her papa going to war and grabs her jacket at each side of her body. 'And it's cold, Max. It's so cold.

  Markus Zusak

  Girl, War, Thinking

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• Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a baby anymore, so I'm allowed to speak my mind. And if you don't wish to hear it, just tell me so and I'll go into another room-but I'll speak it anyway. I want this for myself as much as I've never wanted the diplomatic corps and I'm going to get it-even if I have to do it alone. Excuse me.

  Steve Kluger

  Baby, Children, Simple

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• A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security and direction, he can take care of himself, for he is the inventor not only of laws, theories, pictures, plays, forms of music, ways of dealing with his fellow man, institutions, but also entire world view, he is the inventor of entire forms of like.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Children, Men, Artist

  "Science in a Free Society". Book by Paul Feyerabend, 1978.

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• When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing.

  Katherine Dunn

  Hens, Crystals, Mama

  FaceBook post by Katherine Dunn from Nov 27, 2015

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• My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it's not what I wanted to do. I would say, "No, Papa, I will never go into politics." As I've said before, this is not the life I chose; it chose me ... But I accepted the responsibility and I've never wavered in my commitment.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Life, Daughter, Father

  "Destiny’s daughter". Interview with Ginny Dougary, www.thetimes.co.uk. April 28, 2007.

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• Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

  Markus Zusak

  Father, Thinking, Looks

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.521, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look at his fingers and face when he plays. the accordion breathes. There are lines on his cheeks. They look drawn on, and for some reason, when I see them, I want to cry. It is not for any sadness or pride. I just like the way they move and change. Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

  Markus Zusak

  Moving, Sadness, Pride

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• Funkers are people who dig the funk; Little funkers, Big funkers, Old funkers, Young funkers, Foxy funkers, Mother funkers, Papa funkers.

  Rick James

  Mother, People, Littles

  FaceBook post by Rick James from Jul 15, 2013

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• There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding. ... If you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is the posture of grace.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Errors, Order, Grace

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• Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths...and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

  Thornton Wilder

  Coffee, Sleep, Sunflower

  Thornton Wilder (1966). “Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker”

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• Some men hope for revolution but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask.

  Charles Bukowski

  Men, Revolution, Mask

  Charles Bukowski (2013). “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”, p.46, City Lights Books

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