Quote from Wilson in All in the Family
Wilson: Jill, everybody picks up certain negative characteristics from their parents. Jill: Yeah, well, I knew I picked up negative characteristics from my mother. I didn't know I'd gotten them from my father, too. That hardly seems fair. Wilson: Right there. See, now, by identifying them, you make the first step to overcoming them. You know, it took me years of hard work to get rid of my father's annoying traits. Jill: Really? What was he like? Wilson: Odd man. Kept to himself. Never really let people see the whole person.