When You Coming Home, Dad?/Quotes

You're a man of 'igh position
Esteemed by your peers
And when your little tykes are cryin'
You 'aven't time to dry their tears
And see them grateful little faces
Smilin' up at you
Because their dad, 'e always knows
Just what to do
You've got to grind, grind, grind
At that grindstone
Though child'ood slips like sand through a sieve
And all too soon they've up grown
And then they've flown

And it's too late for you to give

—Bert, "A Man Has Dreams", Mary Poppins

"If you miss little Timmy's softball game even once he'll end up a serial killer all because of your terrible parenting."

—Nathan Rabin's review of North, The AV Club

Thane: You're angry because I wasn't there when your mother died.

Kolyat: You weren't there when she was alive. Why should you be there when she died?!

—Mass Effect 2

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you coming home, dad? I don't know when

But we'll get together then

You know we'll have a good time then

—Harry Chapin, "Cat's in the cradle"