papa quotes

Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips.Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism.

- CharlesJohn Huffam Dickens
^7  Mrs General. Little Dorrit, bk.2, ch.5.

Mama may have, papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own! That's got his own.

- Billie Holiday
  'God Bless the Child', with  Arthur Herzog  Jr.