Fathers

Famous quotes containing the word fathers:

“For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you.”
—Bible: Hebrew Deuteronomy, 6:15.

The words are also found in Exodus 20:5, referring to the second commandment: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ... for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”

“One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

“There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)