My Son Quotes - Page 3

• I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Son, Dollars

  Andrew Carnegie (2017). “How to win fortune: and The Gospel of Wealth”, p.23, FV Éditions

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• I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.

  Jill Scott

  Husband, Son, Grandparent

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• One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?

  James Caan

  Baseball, Eye, Son

  "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

  James Caan

  Dad, Mistake, Son

  "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

  Barbara Bush

  Son, Boys, Bad Boy

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• I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields.

  Ariel Sharon

  Beautiful, Horse, Son

  "Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years". Interview with Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2003.

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• It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden, would make a great United States senator - just as I believe he has been a great attorney general. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office he sought, he would earn on his own.

  Joe Biden

  Believe, Son, Office

  "Biden replacement creates blowback" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. November 24, 2008.

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• I really discovered I had thyroid disease by accident. My son was having some health concerns, and as I filled out his patient history I noticed I had a lot of similar symptoms. I mentioned it to the doctor, and he ran blood work and finally an ultrasound of my thyroid.

  Kim Alexis

  Son, Doctors, Filled Out

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• I'm a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He's surrounded by love.

  Christina Aguilera

  Girl, Smart, Son

  "Christina Aguilera Interview BURLESQUE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 16, 2010.

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• I'm so centered in feeling great about me that I can give great things to my son and my husband and my family.

  Celine Dion

  Husband, Son, Giving

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• I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.

  Jill Scott

  Baby, Son, Vocabulary

  "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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• But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

  LeBron James

  Running, Mistake, Home

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• My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.

  Hugh Jackman

  Dad, Kids, Son

  "Hugh Jackman Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2011.

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• I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know?

  Tom Hanks

  Kids, Son, Thinking

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• I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.

  Arsenio Hall

  Son, Opportunity, Years

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• I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Son, Guitar, Two

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• My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Son, Guitar, Play

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• All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

  George Foreman

  Son, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that they learn about it from my wife and me, in a deliberate and safe way. But it's hard to imagine ever feeling ready to broach the subject without some impetus.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  School, Son, Thinking

  "Speechless" by Jonathan Safran Foer, www.newyorker.com. September 12, 2011.

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• I took my son's name. I didn't take my husband's name.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Husband, Son, Names

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• My son was diagnosed with autism. He's OK, he makes eye contact, but he doesn't talk. He needs eight hours a day of very intensive school, and you wouldn't even believe me if I told you how much it costs.

  Steve Earle

  Believe, School, Eye

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• My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Kids, Son, Four

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• I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Fun, Son, Talking

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• I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Kids, Pride, Son

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• My son is healthy and happy, so that's all that matters to me.

  Christina Aguilera

  Son, Healthy, Matter

  "Christina Aguilera: Drop Dead Diva". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.marieclaire.com. January 10, 2012.

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