Father Quotes · Page 143

My father was an opera singer who constantly tried to persuade me not to enter into an artistic career.

— Jose Jose

Wales is the land of my fathers. And my fathers can have it.

— Dylan Thomas

It's pretty cool having my father be such a great player. I'm really proud of him.

— Domantas Sabonis

On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.

— Amos Oz

I lost my father was I 10 years old, and I always looked for a father. I missed my father very much.

— Anthony Quinn

My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was.

— A. J. Foyt

Active dads make a positive contribution: they are good for children and they are good for mothers.

— David Lammy

I was named Stanley because the week before I was born, my mother and father saw a movie - 'Stanley and Livingstone.'

— Stanley Hauerwas

What will we answer to Him about that child, that old father and mother, because they are His creation, they are children…

— Mother Teresa

There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand…

— A. B. Simpson

And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult…

— Lisa Snowdon

“Because Ford never learned to say his original name, his father eventually died of shame, which is still a terminal disease in…

— Douglas Adams

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor…

— Marta Kristen

Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou…

— Anonymous

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work.…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you…

— Mother Teresa

I was national amateur champion. I was 24 years old. My father was there, and I couldn't wait to see him, and…

— Arnold Palmer

I think of my parents as a single unit, and it's interesting because they shared so much, and they were totally opposite.…

— Arlo Guthrie

Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I had the benefit of parents who believed deeply in my ability. And they were teenagers when they had me - they…

— Sunny Hostin

I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and…

— Bill Maher

Almost all men are over anxious. No sooner do they enter the world than they lose that taste for natural and simple…

— Samuel Rogers

You belong to the biblical race of Nephilim. Your real father was an angel who fell from heaven. You're half mortal." The…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

“Your father would never hurt me. Fighting revs him up. I know how to handle him and what he needs.”

— Lorelei James

Seeing my father's handwriting puts me in contact with the man he was at each stage of his life.

— John Carter Cash

I like to call myself as son of famous father and father of famous son.

— Rishi Kapoor

My parents gave everything for me and I want now to keep winning to provide for them.

— Marcos Maidana

My father was from Belfast; my mother was from Crossmolina. I grew up in Dublin.

— Colm Wilkinson

Your responsibility as a father and a husband transcends any other interest in life.

— Boyd K. Packer

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

— Nachman of Breslov

My father bought a house in Panther Hollow. We were the first Italians in the neighborhood.

— Bruno Sammartino

My parents always told me that I should enjoy my work.

— Esha Deol

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered.

— Jane Fonda

My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.

— Leon Panetta

My father looked like this serious guy but was actually a very kind person.

— Harshvardhan Rane

My father had it, my mother had it; we wanted to entertain people.

— Demis Roussos

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

— Imelda Staunton

“You and your father, you’re fighting your own private wars.”

— Anonymous

“Her father had been a mean, vicious asshole. Her mother had been a meaner, nastier asshole still.”

— Tim Stevens