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Son Quotes

Fathers, sons, and the choices made for family.

This collection of son quotes includes a mother recalling her young son's Christmas request, a man's reflection on parents who came to America from Jamaica and worked the fields and farms, and an executive explaining a career move made to keep his son in the same school. These are small, specific family stories rather than grand statements. See Family for more.

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.

Quotes by Ahmed Ben Bella

Pergamon, a prosperous city in western Anatolia, was fabled to have been founded by Hercules' son. Like many Hellenistic cities populated by Greeks who intermarried with indigenous people, Pergamon after Alexander the Great's death (323 B.C.) had evolved a hybrid...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

My mother is not a CIA agent, but she's an Italian mother, and she'd do anything for her son.

Quotes by Adriano Giannini

So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor....

Quotes by Adam Rayner

Family Quotes

I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he...

Quotes by Adam Pally

I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The one I have is my Hebrew name, which I share with my grandfather, and it's not the best...

Quotes by Adam Pally

Cole Archer's Chillout Mix. That's my son's mix. He's ten weeks old, and this is what he listens to: 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse, 'Everyday People' by Arrested Development, The Beatles' 'Rocky Raccoon,' and Bruce Springsteen's 'Atlantic City.'

Quotes by Adam Pally

When I was twenty-six, I had my son.

Quotes by Abigail Spencer

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

Father Quotes

When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.

Quotes by A. Scott Berg

I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.

Quotes by A. Scott Berg

My son Andrew was an extraordinary young man, loved and admired by all who knew him. His accidental death is a terrible tragedy.

Quotes by Yasmin Aga Khan

Xavier Kingston was my second born son and he passed away prematurely. He lived for 13 days then he passed.

Quotes by Xzibit

I am proud to be the son of YSR, who had left me a very big family.

Quotes by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

God Quotes

When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'

Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

I had talked for years about doing a restaurant with Rocky Dudum, who's been my friend since I first came to San Francisco. Then Rocky's son, Jeff, said he wanted to design it, so he traveled around the country to...

Quotes by Willie McCovey

I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime.

Quotes by William S. Hart

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.

Quotes by William Graham Sumner

When I get home, I clean out the garage and play ball with my son. That's it.

Quotes by William Fichtner

Good Quotes

The relative property of the Son is to be begotten, that is, so to proceed from the Father as to be a participant of the same essence and perfectly carry on the Father's nature.

Quotes by William Ames

Frequently Asked Questions

What different ideas about "son" come up in these quotes?
They touch on hopes for a leader described as a "native son," a parent's Christmas dilemma over a son wanting a gun, a reflection on being "a son of Jamaican immigrants," and a father's decision to prioritize his son's schooling. You'll find more on this theme in our Family quotes.
Does one quote reference a political figure?
Yes — one quote poses a rhetorical question about wanting "a native son lead us out of turmoil and trouble to peace and justice" and states, "This is the path Donald Trump has set..." This is presented here simply as what the quote itself says, not as a site endorsement or political statement.
Is there a quote about a child wanting a gun for Christmas?
Yes. One quote recalls, "My son was 8 or 9, and he really wanted a gun. It was Christmas, and I said to my husband, 'It's time for a gun.'" Moments like this can also make for a heartfelt Status update.
Does one quote reflect on being the son of immigrant parents?
Yes — one quote describes being "a son of Jamaican immigrants whose father cut sugarcane as a contract farm worker for over a decade and whose mother was a cook who fed those migrant workers out in the fields." For more on parents and children, see our Father quotes.
Is there a quote about a father making sacrifices for his son's education?
Yes — one quote explains that a decision to relocate league headquarters took into account that "my son Bill was in school," noting that "His mother had passed away" at the time. Themes of family and loss like this often connect with our God quotes as well.

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