Quote by Loretta Lynn

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so mu

Summary

This quote reflects the speaker's perspective on relationships based on their experience with their father. The speaker's father was gentle and good with children, which led them to develop high expectations for marriage. They believed that all men should possess qualities like steadiness and pleasantness, projecting their father's behavior onto their idea of a romantic partner. This quote suggests that the speaker's upbringing influenced their perception of relationships and shaped their expectations for their future spouse.

Topics

By Loretta Lynn

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings

Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That's what it is to be human, I'm afraid.

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I h

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

Samuel Levenson

I go into the locker room and find a corner and just sit the

I go into the locker room and find a corner and just sit there. I try to achieve a peaceful state of nothingness that will carry over onto the golf course. If I can get that feeling of quiet and obliviousness within myself, I feel I can't lose.

You think you are clever until you find out how smart you ar

You think you are clever until you find out how smart you are

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good eng

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

It takes a son of a bitch to change a habit.

It takes a son of a bitch to change a habit.

Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then,

Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.

For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a p

For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.

Be courageous, believe in yourself, and be the best woman yo

Be courageous, believe in yourself, and be the best woman you can be. I'm with you all the way.

Gillian Anderson

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt a

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light at the dug out camera.

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his owner stoop

William Shakespeare

Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.

Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.

James Richardson