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My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything valuable which I may have acquired in my youth. He was my only intelligent companion, and was both a watchful parent and an affectionate friend.

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.

My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.

My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I owe so much to my dad and what he has done for me. And it's hard work doing what he has done, so he's entitled to a break.

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

My dad was a high school teacher and made no money.