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"In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John."

"In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John."

Martin Ryle, British Scientist

25

"Someone had to do it. That son of a bitch killed my President."

"Someone had to do it. That son of a bitch killed my President."

Jack Ruby, American Criminal

14

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Son, Artists, Being

12

"To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison."

"To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

Son, Prison, Want, World

11

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

Lee Ritenour, American Musician

10

"When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."

"When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."

James Carville, American Lawyer

10

"If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die."

"If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die."

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Musician

9

"My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.'"

"My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean. I was like, 'Max, you get the dogs. I'll talk to the hot blondes.'"

John C. McGinley, American Actor

Son, Beach, Dogs, Ocean

8

"I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old."

"I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old."

Laura San Giacomo, American Actress

Son, Computer, Old, Talking

7

"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."

"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Son, Athletes, Baseball, Fantasy

6

"Well yes, my son was bar mitzvahed last April, after I made this film."

"Well yes, my son was bar mitzvahed last April, after I made this film."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

Son, April, Film

6

"I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know."

"I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know."

Redd Foxx, American Actor

6

"A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son."

"A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Son, Friend, Job, Musicians

5

"I try to get them working. My older son is 10 and he's pretty interested. We had a dinner party the other night and he helped a lot. He helped peel asparagus; he hung out. It was great."

"I try to get them working. My older son is 10 and he's pretty interested. We had a dinner party the other night and he helped a lot. He helped peel asparagus; he hung out. It was great."

Todd English, American Celebrity

Son, Night, Party, Pretty

5

"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

5

"My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences."

"My oldest son, Gary, is a seasoned minister and travels with me for ministers' conferences."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman

5

"Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die."

"Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die."

Bono, Irish Musician

Son, Baby, Day, Ireland

5

"The son of the victim, you know, has been virtually forgotten until recently."

"The son of the victim, you know, has been virtually forgotten until recently."

Patty Hearst, American Celebrity

5

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

5

"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

"It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son."

Frances McDormand, American Actress

Son, Play, Support

4

"Being on the cover of a magazine with my son is the best thing ever. It took me 18 years to get my first cover, he gets one at 8 months."

"Being on the cover of a magazine with my son is the best thing ever. It took me 18 years to get my first cover, he gets one at 8 months."

Cindy Margolis, American Model

Son, Being, First, Months

4

"'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing."

"'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing."

Debra Messing, American Actress

4

"I am happy now, to recall that I was no only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him."

"I am happy now, to recall that I was no only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

Son, Hunting, Now, Pleasure

4

"Son, never throw a punch at a redwood."

"Son, never throw a punch at a redwood."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

4

"How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?"

"How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?"

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

4

"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."

"I played with Eddie Taylor's son, Tim Taylor and Carey Bells son Lurie Bell."

Jimmy Smith, American Musician

4

"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."

"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

4

"I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!"

"I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!"

Gil Gerard, American Actor

Son, Daughter, Old, Punishment

4

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

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

Barbara Bush, American First Lady

4

"With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia."

"With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Son, Act, First, Russia

4

"I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works."

"I happen to have the benefit of having a son-in-law who was the former Mr. France and a trainer. I like being his benefactor and I like the way he works."

Suzanne Somers, American Actress

Son, Being, France

4

"If you listen to the left track on their album, if you get The Best of the Mamas and Papas, you listen to the left track, you can still hear a little bit of my voice. My son discovered that once."

"If you listen to the left track on their album, if you get The Best of the Mamas and Papas, you listen to the left track, you can still hear a little bit of my voice. My son discovered that once."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

4

"My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk."

"My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk."

Dick Dale, American Musician

Son, Months, Now, Old

4

"It's my first record since my son is old enough to understand and I can't even show it to him. Yes, it's affected me, probably in the opposite of how anyone would have thought."

"It's my first record since my son is old enough to understand and I can't even show it to him. Yes, it's affected me, probably in the opposite of how anyone would have thought."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

Son, Thought, First, Old

4

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list."

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list."

Denis Leary, American Actor

Son, End, Racism

4

"He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world."

"He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. all of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Son, Want, World

4

"I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was."

"I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was."

James Brown, American Musician

3

"This kid's excited because he's with Bad Company and I'm excited because I'm with Chuck Berrys' son."

"This kid's excited because he's with Bad Company and I'm excited because I'm with Chuck Berrys' son."

Mick Ralphs, English Musician

3

"I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, "I really want to play this guy!""

"I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, "I really want to play this guy!""

John C. McGinley, American Actor

Son, Play, Want

3

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

Brandon Lee, American Actor

3

"I'm a rompin', stompin', piano playing son of a bitch. A mean son of a bitch."

"I'm a rompin', stompin', piano playing son of a bitch. A mean son of a bitch."

Jerry Lee Lewis, American Musician

3

"I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial."

"I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial."

Bert Williams, American Entertainer

Son, Children, Flowers

3

"Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son."

"Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Son, Career, Hell, Will

3

"I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority."

"I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority."

Nia Long, American Actress

Son, First, Regret

3

"I thought it was such a unique concept to play parents who happen to be super heroes and have a son who is going through puberty and starting high school."

"I thought it was such a unique concept to play parents who happen to be super heroes and have a son who is going through puberty and starting high school."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

Son, Thought, Heroes, Parents

3

"Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there."

"Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

3

"The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures."

"The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Son, Care, Man, Universe

3

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

William S. Hart, American Actor

3

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

Noah Wyle, American Actor

Son, Daughter, First, Thinking

3

"In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine."

"In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

3

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