Father Quotes · Page 190

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

— Sienna Miller

I'm from a family of scarily ambitious women: pity my father.

— Maisie Peters

My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.

— Rufus Wainwright

Sean Óg ó Hailpín… his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold.

— Micheal O Muircheartaigh

My father lost his business. Our house was locked up, and we had to leave.

— Kumar Pallana

It's a sad story that my father died, but it's also a good story that he would be proud of me now.

— Dennis Schroder

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

— Mel Gibson

If you are the only woman in this earth I rather become a Rev,FATHER.

— Juniorjk

“Pardon, old father, my mistaking eyes That have been so bedazzled with the sun That everything I look on seemeth green. Now…

— William Shakespeare

A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

— Markus Zusak

The desire to be a good father is really innate. There aren't a lot of movies that depict that relationship because men,…

— Will Smith

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

— Beyonce Knowles

My parents were very traditional Nigerians who wanted doctor, lawyer, teacher [children], but when I actually had a dream and I presented…

— Chukwudi Iwuji

My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism.

— Genesis P-Orridge

My father and I share a passion for how things work, which in my case took the form of schoolboy fascination with…

— David Linley

These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by…

— Anonymous

“Let's face it, wisdom evolves. Like, not everything can be fixed with duct tape, and "good enough" isn't always good enough. Emotions?…

— Life is Positive

My dad and I played 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens at an old folks' home in Hanover, New Hampshire - which…

— Noah Kahan

We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

I often imagine what it would be like if my father were still here to mark his 100th birthday, if Alzheimer's hadn't…

— Patti Davis

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of…

— George Weinberg

When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant, and you sort of get a list from…

— Louis C. K

“I never questioned anything Yeshin did in those days. “Get your dogs and come take a walk with me,” had been enough…

— K.S. Villoso

Heavenly Father loves you—each of you. That love never changes.

— Thomas S. Monson

If I could choose from all the fathers in the world, Dad, I'd choose you!

— John Walter Bratton

Even with my father and brother dying, I didn't quite process the grief.

— Marc Forster

Of course I am proud of my dad and where I come from, but I do have my own way of working…

— Sofia Coppola

It took a thing like my father's death to make me decide that I actually wanted to pursue drumming.

— Jason Bonham

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

— Zebulon Pike

My father used to say I would inherit his house but not his seat.

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer,

— Chris Kyle

My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons.

— Jonathan Swift

My father was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and my mom was from Bermuda.

— Adina Porter

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

— Doris Lessing

“He nodded and leaned down to kiss me. I let him, Dad be damned.”

— S.C. Stephens

Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.

— Tove Ditlevsen

I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me

— William Shakespeare

The imprint of the father, remains forever on the life of the child.

— Anonymous

I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

— Misty Copeland