"Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers." ― Aldous Huxley Topic(s): Dad Tags: always, rebellious More From Aldous Huxley "A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor." "Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work." "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." More In Dad "My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States."― Harry S. Truman "And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I’m going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I’m going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."― David Bowie "My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous."― Shaun White