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title: "8 Daughter Say Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Daughter Say quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Daughter Say sayings and thoughts."
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> [The parents say, 'Can you talk to my daughter and say that it's OK? That she can have muscles?' They'll say, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-carter/the-parents-say-can-you-talk-to-my-daughter-and-say-that-it-s-ok-that/)

[Michelle Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-carter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/michelle-carter-8770_children_the-parents-say-can-you-talk-to-my-daugh_154527.jpg)

> [“Which left me with the cheery knowledge that my father would wan tto spend time with me even if i were a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-jaffe/which-left-me-with-the-cheery-knowledge-that-my-father-would-wan-tto/)

[Michele Jaffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-jaffe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/michele-jaffe-17027_daughter_which-left-me-with-the-cheery-knowledge_739732.png)

> [I hope I live a long life of public service and I tell my daughter to never say never.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laphonza-butler/i-hope-i-live-a-long-life-of-public-service-and-i-tell-my-daughter-to/)

[Laphonza Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laphonza-butler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/laphonza-butler-5989_children_i-hope-i-live-a-long-life-of-public-serv_913861.jpg)

> [At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goran-ivanisevic/at-her-birthday-my-seven-year-old-daughter-will-say-that-she-wants/)

[Goran Ivanisevic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goran-ivanisevic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/goran-ivanisevic-18736_bigs_at-her-birthday-my-seven-year-old-daught_932543.jpg)

> [There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord: she is never sad but when she sleeps; and not ever sad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-s-little-of-the-melancholy-element-in-her-my-lord-she-is-never/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/william-shakespeare-4_children_there-s-little-of-the-melancholy-element_2029466.jpg)

> [Given a choice between hearing my daughter say "I'm pregnant" or "I used a condom", most mothers would get up in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joycelyn-elders/given-a-choice-between-hearing-my-daughter-say-i-m-pregnant-or-i-used/)

[Joycelyn Elders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joycelyn-elders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/joycelyn-elders-12167_children_given-a-choice-between-hearing-my-daught_2877887.png)

> [To my daughter I will say, ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire.’](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/to-my-daughter-i-will-say-when-the-men-come-set-yourself-on-fire/)

[Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/warsan-shire-7647_children_to-my-daughter-i-will-say-when-the-men-c_2911806.jpg)

> [I call my wife and daughter before every show and they say, 'Be funny.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-bargatze/i-call-my-wife-and-daughter-before-every-show-and-they-say-be-funny/)

[Nate Bargatze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-bargatze/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/nate-bargatze-6476_children_i-call-my-wife-and-daughter-before-every_2917593.jpg)

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