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Son Quotes

"I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick."

"I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

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"Your prodigal son has left again to exorcise some demons."

"Your prodigal son has left again to exorcise some demons."

John W. Hinckley, Jr., American Criminal

Son, John W. Hinckley, Jr.

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"If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know."

"If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know."

Wilhelm Keitel, German Celebrity

3

"I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son."

"I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son."

John Turturro, American Actor

Son, Chess, Old, Play

3

"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy."

"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

Son, Hope, Positive, Memory

3

"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play."

"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Son, Day, First, Guitar

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"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Son, England, May, Queen

2

"My son thinks I'm hilarious, but he's only 1."

"My son thinks I'm hilarious, but he's only 1."

Mackenzie Crook, English Actor

2

"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."

"It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hell. My character is addicted to television, chocolate, coffee, to her dream of her son, which has no basis in reality."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Son, Dream, Character, Coffee

2

"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?"

"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, American Actor

Son, Thought, Baseball, Eye

2

"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."

"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., American Actor

Son, People, Friends, Fun

2

"You see, I was the son of a baptist minister."

"You see, I was the son of a baptist minister."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

2

"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

Barry Watson, American Actor

Son, Being, Now

2

"To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it."

"To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

2

"Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second."

"Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

2

"I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it's fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

Son, Mystery, Will

2

"The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am."

"The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am."

Richard H. Davis, American Writer

Son, Gentleman, Now, Old

2

"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."

"My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

Son, Thought, People, Wealth

2

"I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy."

"I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy."

Albert Szent Gyorgyi, Hungarian Scientist

Son, Sympathy, Countries, Nation

2

"Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite into that yet."

"Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite into that yet."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Son, Day, Guitar, Pretty

2

"Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson."

"Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

2

"The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue."

"The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue."

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

1

"We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had."

"We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Son, HusbSon, Daughter, People, Chance

1

"Mr Johnson should remember that I am not just anyone and that he is only president of the United States by the grace of my son's action."

"Mr Johnson should remember that I am not just anyone and that he is only president of the United States by the grace of my son's action."

Marguerite Oswald, American Mother of Lee Harvey Oswald

Son, Action, Grace, President

1

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Son, Idea, Failure, Will

1

"Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would have said so. That's the way he was brought up."

"Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would have said so. That's the way he was brought up."

Marguerite Oswald, American Mother of Lee Harvey Oswald

1

"Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879."

"Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879."

Mary A. Ward, American Author

Son, Children, Daughters

1

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

Thomas Kyd, English Dramatist

Son, Darkness, Song

1

"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."

"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, American Actor

Son, Beginning, Kids, Now

1

"My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town."

"My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Son, Daughters, Now

1

"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."

"I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants."

Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist

1

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

James Brown, American Musician

1

"I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people."

"I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people."

James Brown, American Musician

Son, People, Being

"I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich."

"I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

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