Father Quotes · Page 173

The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man.

— Dusty Springfield

I think I would be a great dad one day, but I also like to nap way too much.

— Scott Evans

“Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically one can be a father at twelve.”

— J.M. Coetzee

It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.

— Bernice King

I think what my father is saying is I want a fair election. I want a fair election.

— Eric Trump

“In the end, my father had it right. He called me nothing at all.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.

— Graham Yost

Obviously Gwilym is a very Welsh name! My father is from Maesteg, and my mother's from Abergavenny.

— Gwilym Lee

With my father's backing, I can get a film, but at the end of the day, what's important is executing it.

— Jackky Bhagnani

I like listening to the whole song. Like my father says, "If you can't pick the whole song, then why are you…

— Alexandra Richards

I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat,…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

You see things really different when your father is so intimately, so indisputably in charge of your continued existence on the planet.

— Leigh Newman

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

— Mark Dacascos

“I do not believe in demons," he murmured, "but only in my Father Who is in Heaven. Only in Him - and…

— James Ramsey Ullman

O that our hearts were enlarged in love to God, that we might turn inward, to the blessed comforter, that the blessed…

— Elias Hicks

Are you a devil?" "I am a man," answered Father Brown gravely; "and therefore have all devils in my heart.

— Anonymous

Modernism was a big thing for me, coming from a father who was very interested in art, music and culture - and…

— Vito Acconci

And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear…

— Saint Francis de Sales

The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft,…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time…

— Diane Cilento

“I have seen my father concede to utter defeat in the hospital room. I've heard him choke on sobs and whisper angry…

— Lauren DeStefano

My father was a psychiatrist, the medical director of a mental hospital in Scotland, and when I was a student, I took…

— Morag Joss

“Andrew indulged in a little fantasy in which his father dropped dead, gunned down by an invisible sniper. Andrew visualised himself patting…

— J.K. Rowling

I guess I've played a lot of failures, which is a Huston quality, I guess. I love losers, though, and have never…

— Danny Huston

I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.

— Jamie Oliver

My father was a doctor. I've never been very warm towards doctors.

— Nigel Hawthorne

It makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.

— Sonia Braga

My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia.

— Ivan Rakitic

When my father died, I was living in England. It was very traumatic that he died when I was away.

— Sharon Creech

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.

— Nicolas Bentley

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?

— Friedrich Schiller

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

— Jim Parrack

Thou O Lord, art my Father and Thou my Mother. Thou art the Giver of peace to my soul and very life.

— Guru Arjan

“His grandma wouldn’t be here when his father arrived. Which suited everyone.”

— Patrick Ness

I have a big responsibility as a father. That helps me to be more sensible.

— Marko Arnautovic

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

— Christina Aguilera

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

— John Sutter

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

— Liza Minnelli

I'm always going to admire my father more than anybody in life.

— Gary Payton

“My father sought the Truth,and died without finding it. Oh why did you not come sooner?" - Mr. Ni”

— Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor