Quotes & Sayings About Pappy

Daddy shook Pappy's hand, then Henry's, then hugged the children. At last he turned to me. Softly, in a voice meant for my ears along, he said, When you were a year old and you came down with rubella, the doctor told us you were likely to die of it. Said he didn't expect you'd live another forty-eight hours. Your mother was frantic, but I told her that doctor didn't know what he was talking about. Our Laura's a fighter, I said, and she's going to be just fine. I never doubted it, not for one minute, then or since. You keep that in your pocket and take it out when you need it, hear? — Hillary Jordan

A marriage without children is the world without the sun. — Saint Augustine

It's great to feel happy. Go, do what makes you feel happy. Do it shabbily and get shallow happiness; Do it hard and feel the hardest happiness! — Israelmore Ayivor

My pappy told me, 'When you read horror, it's best to read with the lights on.' I found it helps for most other kinds of books too. — P.K. Vandcast

Whenever something great happens, you're always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself. — Sarah Dessen

Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day son, a man had to answer for the wicked he done. Take all the rope in Texas, find a tall oak tree, round up all the bad boys, and hang them in the streets for all the people to see. — Toby Keith

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. — Pappy Boyington

true wisdom always leads us to please God. — Anthony DeStefano

Put the kids in with a few old pappy guys who still like to win and the combination is unbeatable. — Conn Smythe

Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done. — Pappy Boyington

The desire to be famous is infantile, and humanity has never lived in an age when infantilism was more sanctioned and encouraged than now. Infantile foods in the form of crisps, chips, sweet fizzy drinks and pappy burgers or hot dogs smothered in sugary sauce are considered mainstream nutrition for millions of adults. Intoxicating drinks disguised as milkshakes and soda pops exist for those whose taste buds haven't grown up enough to enjoy the taste of alcohol. As in food so in the wider culture. Anything astringent, savoury, sharp, complex, ambiguous or difficult is ignored in favour of the colourful, the sweet, the hollow and the simple. — Stephen Fry

It's true I've been hurt a few times after revealing myself. There are people who lie in wait for the vulnerable and pounce as a way to feel powerful. But God forgive them. I'm willing to take the occasional blow to find people I connect with. As long as you're willing to turn the other cheek with the mean ones, vulnerability can get you a wealth of friends. Can you imagine coming to the end of your life, being surrounded by people who loved you, only to realize they never fully knew you? Or having poems you never shared or injustices you said nothing about? Can you imagine realizing, then, it was too late? How can we be loved if we are always in hiding? — Donald Miller

It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy. — Tupac Shakur

The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount of time, energy, thought and training an individual has previously accomplished in an effort to increase his ability as a fighter pilot. — Pappy Boyington

Yo!" I caught the sleeve of his cashmere coat. "Rewind to the part about a Norse god being my pappy. — Rick Riordan

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells. — Tennessee Ernie Ford

You killed my pappy," said the youth, "and my pappy's pappy. And his pappy's pappy. And my brothers Jethro, Hank, Hoss, Red, Peregrine, Marsh, Junior, Dizzy, Luke, Peregrine, George and all the others. I'm callin' you out, lawman. — Jasper Fforde

My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms. — Nicos Anastasiades