Michael Forest quotes

Michael Forest quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids.”
-- Michael Forest

#Father Quotes #Kids Quotes #Snapshots Quotes

“My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.”
“Pray, always pray; beneath sins heaviest load, Prayer claims the blood from Jesus' side that flowed. Pray, always pray; though weary, faint, and lone, Prayer nestles by the Father's sheltering throne.”
“It should have great meaning that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that could be given him, that God himself, he who is the highest of all, chose to be addressed simply as â€œFather.â€”
“I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's family name - she is in effect lost, evaporated from all records under her maiden name. I finally understand the anger behind feminism - the idea that as a woman you are property to be conveyed between your father and your husband, but never an individual who exists independently. And on the flip side, it is also one of the few ways one can legitimately get lost - no one questions it.”
“My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside.”
“Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.”
“If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.”
“I donâ€™t want to be myself, ever. Iâ€™m terrible at a snapshot. Terrible. I blink all the time. Iâ€™ve got facial Touretteâ€™s. Unless Iâ€™m working and in that zone, Iâ€™m not very good at pictures, really,”
“Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography.”
“Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?”

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