My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

Quote by Peter De Vries

Topics: Fathers Quotes

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

Being a mother is the hardest job on earth.

Being a mother is the hardest job on earth.

I think being mom is a lifetime contract...24/7.

I think being mom is a lifetime contract...24/7.