Father Quotes · Page 105

I don't know him. I didn't grow up with my father. We don't speak.

— Erika Jayne

“My father rules an entire planet." "He's losing it.”

— Frank Herbert

Growing up in the Philippines, I wanted to be so much like my dad. He taught me simple survival stuff.

— Bretman Rock

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

— Anonymous

I am so happy and thankful that my parents are still together.

— Anonymous

When I think of Venice Beach, my father's painting is what comes to mind.

— Ron Mael

Whatever I do in life, my parents always taught me to focus on that, and they never let me quit.

— Cassie Scerbo

Mum and dad are always looking out for me; they just want the best for me.

— Declan Rice

I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with…

— Jillian Michaels

I never received any encouragement. My father would work nights and my mother would work during the day. We were expected to…

— Ozzy Osbourne

I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want…

— Shaquille O'Neal

My father is with me every day. Although he passed away in 2003, he continues to live on inside me and through…

— Daniel Lubetzky

“So I told her what she'd done to my father was beautiful. And you know what's messed up? It was sort of…

— Chris Howard

My father was rich and renowned, and later - as I got to know him, went on vacations with him, and then…

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

I grew up watching games with my father at Washington Husky Stadium. When I moved out to Seattle, I had a friend…

— Paul Allen

O.K., helplessness is repugnant to me, as a father, as a piece of protoplasm. My parents were activists. I don't believe you…

— Marshall Brickman

What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who…

— Derek Jeter

I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I…

— Jon Gordon

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly father may either…

— Horace

They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be…

— Richard Ford

“Father was teaching us that all men are just accumulations dolls stuffed with sawdust swept up from the trash heaps where all…

— William Faulkner

I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but…

— Natasha Richardson

I'd never seen my father stand up. As far as I can remember, my father was always in a wheelchair. I always…

— Lou Williams

Dreams From My Father' reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after they're dead. Perhaps more than…

— Jonathan Raban

“He threatened Liam with assault, that’s why I didn’t go to the police. I couldn’t put it on my dad.”

— Stephanie John

My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.

— Domhnall Gleeson

My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.

— Novak Djokovic

I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.

— Parker Harris

Being a dad is just brilliant and fantastic. You can't put into words what it's like.

— Peter Kay

I did not know how popular my father was because we were not brought up as part of the industry.

— Kunal Kapoor

“Wahoo's father had absolutely no use for creeps who beat on small animals, especially kids.”

— Carl Hiaasen

I put as much thought into your Father's Day gift as you put into having me.

— Anonymous

Dallas was a place where dreamers like my father were given a chance.

— Lawrence Wright

“He was my dad, I was his son, and I was in the fight of my life.”

— Phil Knight

My father is a die-hard Punjabi and I have been brought up in a typical Punjabi household.

— Esha Deol

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.

— Alan Price

To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one.

— Alexandra Kerry

My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

— Roger Ross Williams

Dad's easy to get along with. He always has suggestions, and I'm more than happy to be guided by him.

— Bobby Deol

My father had a way of exposing himself, of showing weakness and still retaining his dignity.

— John Carter Cash