Father Quotes · Page 147

God has always been to me not so much like a father as like a dear and tender mother.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper.

— Sandra Brown

I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did.

— Jenna Ushkowitz

I'm the product of my parents' dreams and aspirations.

— Jensen Huang

My father was like an unpolished diamond - tough outside but warm inside.

— Harshvardhan Rane

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

— Clara Barton

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.

— C. S. Lewis

[My parents] met in university back in the '70s. And I didn't grow up with my father. He - they separated before…

— Kehinde Wiley

My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour…

— Marianne Faithfull

My father was just a hell of a guy. He had a real strong sense of honor, and he tried to pass…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I'm the daughter of a Kenyan Catholic father and a Mauritian Hindu mother, and I have a Jewish husband who was born…

— Suella Braverman

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to…

— Ronald Reagan

My dad is one of the sweetest human beings around. He's so patient with people and has so many ideas that he's…

— Colbie Caillat

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want…

— Mickey Rourke

My dad never treated me like a little boy. He wanted me to be like him: a man at a young age…

— Carlos Correa

I have a husband and four rescue dogs. There is no option of no dogs on the bed. This is how I…

— Alicia Silverstone

Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The first thing I ever heard about Barack Obama was that he had a white mother and a black father. Interestingly, the…

— Shelby Steele

One way to read the Book of Mormon is as a book of encounters between fathers and sons. Some of those encounters…

— Lance B. Wickman

I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me…

— Asa Larsson

I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious…

— Lee Daniels

“It rains on everyone. It may be storming but there is a covering. Life may be challenging, but there is a covering.…

— Eric Samuel Timm

I'm really grateful to my parents for having the confidence in me to let me go. I was terrified I might have…

— Sheridan Smith

Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!!

— Philip Whitmore Snr

That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

— Annette Funicello

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

— Sara Shandler

The pride of a father can not be measured in a words.

— Juniorjk

I was 11 when my father died, so I didn't know my father so well.

— Louis van Gaal

If I didn't have to prove my parents I can be something...I'd probably be traveling the world.

— Anonymous

Varavelpu' has a special place in my heart because it was inspired from my own father's experiences.

— Sreenivasan

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

— Malala Yousafzai

If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

— Sidney Poitier

In the ‘looks of disappointment’ department, my cat has picked up where my father left off.

— Tom Papa

My dad taught me a lot of meditative techniques. I used that to my advantage.

— Jamal Murray

A father, son, husband or just a friend, a sense of responsibility best describes a person.

— Nikitin Dheer

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.

— Anonymous

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

— Randy Rainbow