A Quote by Ken Venturi

My father was a man of few words.

Ken Venturi

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Ken Venturi
American - Athlete
May 15, 1931 - May 17, 2013

To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I hope to be judged as good a man as my father. Before I hear those words "well done" from my Heavenly Father, I hope to first hear them from my mortal father.

Boyd K. Packer

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?

Zhuangzi

"You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man,- Now tell me the reason I pray."

Robert Southey

Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.

Jamey Johnson

Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will do good.

Brigham Young

He was a quiet man, Eric Cantona, but he was a man of few words.

David Beckham

I calculated the amount of time I spent with my father during my entire life... the total amount of time I had with him, if you add up the hours, was about two months. My father was a busy man... we had very few opportunities to really sit down and talk as father and son.