My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken
me a great many years to reach that age. I am more intelligent and I
think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a
father
Clifton fadiman, radio performer, author
Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the
blueblack cold,/ then with cracked hands that ached/ from labor in the
weekday weather made/ banked fire blazes. No one ever thanked him.
Robert Hayden, poet
My father worked two jobs and was often absent. This was an
invaluable lesson for me when I became a father. I realized how much
being there means.
Tim Russert, journalist
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have
a real father.
Pope John