Father Quotes · Page 195

Father was made for romance. For him there was no such thing as a fact.

— Sherwood Anderson

I'd be honored to buy you a Father's Day meal with the credit card you pay for.

— Anonymous

Our parents are beyond proud that we never sold out once and created something together.

— Erin Foster

I wouldn't say my dad was a slave driver, but he wanted the best for us.

— Matt Hughes

My parents taught me that I could always improve on things.

— Alex Zanardi

A true sign of a good man is if he loves his father and mother.

— Vikrant Parsai

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

— Quintilian

My dad is the opposite of me. He's so outgoing and so loud.

— Jahlil Okafor

I'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock…

— Chris Gethard

I know lots of friends who grew up without fathers and it actually makes you stronger. You have more to prove, you…

— Jessica Barden

I tell my kids, 'I'm your father, not your friend - but I'm also the best friend you're ever going to have…

— Steve Schirripa

'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when…

— Eric Clapton

Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god.

— Bruce Feiler

“I didn't want to miss another second of that night, when I knew heaven and earth had been moved because a Father…

— Nicole Quigley

The mind is the terriblest force in the world, father, Because, in chief, it, only, can defend Against itself. At its mercy,…

— Wallace Stevens

When I was six years old, my parents told me that we were moving back home to Armenia. I didn't really understand…

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Its [Dreams from My Father] also a reflection about how we might start a better conversation in our democracy about how to…

— Barack Obama

“I love Carter more than I ever thought possible, and he has proven to be the best father a woman could ever…

— Tara Sivec

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer,…

— Harlan Coben

You asked for a loving God: you have one... The consuming fire Himself, the Love that made the worlds, persistent as the…

— Anonymous

... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince…

— Anonymous

Before all things, the Teacher of Peace and the Master of Unity would not have prayer made singly and individually, as for…

— Cyprian

“Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and…

— Orson Scott Card

“Her father was her door to the world; he was the singular opening through which she saw, heard, and felt. Without him…

— Anthony Marra

With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.

— Mekhi Phifer

My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.

— Suraj Sharma

My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my…

— Sam Shepard

“Mothers and fathers are born everywhere. What the world needs are leaders.”

— Abhijit Naskar

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

— Hank Williams, Jr

My dad's been like, 'You'll never beat me.' That's how my dad is.

— Austin Rivers

I've always played for the acceptance of my godfather (Willie Mays) and father (Bobby Bonds).

— Barry Bonds

I met my fathers in prison, they too a part of a scene; digging death.

— Anonymous

God loves it when His children pray BIG, BOLD PRAYERS. Don't be afraid to ask your Father for anything!

— Christine Caine

“You don’t become a man by taking your father's place, but by becoming father in another place.”

— Fulvio Fiori

When my father was very young, he performed in Billy Rose's Aquacade.

— Catherine Oxenberg

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

— Kim Edwards

My father had the most amazing operatic voice, so I have a soft spot for that.

— Olivia Newton-John

My parents were the best. They were very supportive.

— Max Greenfield

“The fear of discovering his anger towards his father made his body shake.”

— Shani Mootoo

My father ruined me for men. Not many can live up to him.

— Roisin Murphy