His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.

-Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
  Alias Grace.

Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face.Hisson, asrude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said 'Box about: 'twill come to my father anon.'

-Aubrey,John
  Brief Lives (published1813),'Sir Walter Raleigh'.

How like fatheröa curtain call!

-Barrymore, Lionel
  Attributed comment, when his father's coffin had to be raised up again after it had snagged on being lowered into the grave.

Yes, Alec, it is I, your father, speaking.

-Bell, Alexander Melville
  The first words spoken and heard on the world's first long- distance telephone call, from  Alexander Melville Bell in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to his son  Alexander Graham Bell in nearby Paris,13 km away,10  Aug.

They're going to have to be made to sit up and take notice. They're going to have to be made to realise who we are. My father had a chain of dry cleaners.

-Bennett, Alan
  A Private Function.

And the L God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LGod had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said,This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Thereforeshall a manleavehisfatherand hismother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORD Genesis 2:21^4.

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 37:35.

And God spake all these words, saying,Iamthe L thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that isinheaven above, or that isin the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thoushalt nottakethename of the L thy God invain; for the L will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember thesabbath day, to keep it holy. Six daysthou shalt labour and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the L thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the L made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the L blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthelandwhichtheL thy Godgiveththee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDORDORDORDORDORDORDExodus 20:1^17.

My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Kings12:10^11.

Behold there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of 92 fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Kings 2:11^12.

Haththeraina father? or who hathbegottenthedrops of dew?

-Bible (Old Testament)
Job 38:28.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name J, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: buttherebellious dwell ina dry land.

-Bible (Old Testament)
AHPsalms 68:4^6.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the L pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDPsalms103:13^14.

For whom the L loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDProverbs 3:12.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs13:1.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son isgiven: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,Counseller,The mighty God, The everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace.Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, uponthethrone of David, and uponhis kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the L of hosts will perform this.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDIsaiah 9:6^7.

Have wenot all onefather, hath not one God createdus? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

-Bible (Old Testament)
Malachi 2:10.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 5:14^16.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 5:45.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 5:48.