Graeme Simsion Quotes

A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.

A father is the template of a man Nature gives a girl

We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on to him, begging him to teach ushow to do whatever is masculine, to throw balls or be in the woods or go see where he works. . . . We want our fathers to protect us from coming too completely under the control of our mothers. . . . We want to be seen with Dad, hanging out with men and doing men things.

I grew up raised by my mom and my two sisters, so I never had a real male influence in my life. I never really understood heterosexual male relationships.

A man can never compete with a woman's father

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

I don't think I've ever come to terms with not having had a father around, and that's why I made so many mistakes with men.

The father figure is something I love, but also suffocate from and want to work against.

There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.

I was raised by my father; I was daddy's girl.

I have never met a feminist who didn't have a father.

My father ruined me for men. Not many can live up to him.

I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.

The figure of my father looms large in my imagination.

I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.

She didn't have a daddy?" I asked. "No." "Did you have a daddy?" "You're all questions, aren't you? No, love. We never went in for that sort of thing. You only need men if you want to breed more men.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.

It's not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We can't forgive our mothers for taking the place of our fathers until we are ready to see that the point of a man's life is to be a father and a mentor, and we can't do that because we don't know how we would be a father or a mentor when we never had one.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

I was raised by a single dad, so I've always just kind of liked "guys" stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.

I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

My relationship with my daughter is gonna affect her relationship with men for the rest of her life... Sometimes I'm walking with my daughter. I'm pushing her in the stroller, and sometimes I just pick her up and stare at her, and I realize, my only job in life is to keep her off the pole.

I had a very intense relationship with my father, who was always extremely interested in what we kids were doing. I actually think the secret of many successful women is having a father who encourages them.

The fact is that you can't have a good relationship with a girl who hasn't settled things with her father.