Father Quotes · Page 108

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

— Barbara Delinsky

All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago

— Rudyard Kipling

My father is a die-hard Punjabi and I have been brought up in a typical Punjabi household.

— Esha Deol

'Like Father, Like Son' gave me the opportunity to show when it is not good with a father.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

My father knows me better than anyone. He can tell me over the phone what I'm doing wrong.

— Jorge Posada

My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet.

— Maximilian Schell

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

— William Rosenberg

“Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.”

— Amor Towles

“One, you moved here with your father, which means your a daddy's girl. No girl leaves their mother unless they are.”

— Holly Hood

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by…

— Clyde Edgerton

I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is…

— Eartha Kitt

I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.

— Michael Tubbs

My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.

— Shreya Ghoshal

Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.

— Ryan Phillippe

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all…

— Peter Fonda

My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that…

— Ziggy Marley

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

— Noah Kahan

As President, my father will change the labor laws that were put into place at a time when women were not a…

— Ivanka Trump

I still remember my father would bring lovely cakes for all of us from 'Flurys' in Calcutta. My mom used to love…

— Rituparna Sengupta

The father’s job is to teach his children how to be warriors, to give them the confidence to get on the horse…

— Cheryl Strayed

When I had left home in Delhi in 1956 to come to Bombay to become a hero, my father gave me a…

— Manoj Kumar

My own parents divorced when I was six. I was raised with my brother Joel by our mother on the East Coast,…

— Michael Douglas

As a father you're guilty until proven innocent. You're a second class citizen in terms of parenting. As a father you have…

— Stacey Solomon

My father wasn't allowing me control and the financial freedom that I was asking for. I was 17, about to be 18…

— Dominique Moceanu

The best way to be a good father to your children is to be a good husband to their mother.

— Jay E. Adams

If we can just get young people to do the same as their fathers did, that is, wear condoms

— Richard Branson

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

— Virginia Woolf

“Shetani akikupa hela chukua. Hiyo hela ameiiba kutoka kwa Baba. Ukishaichukua, toa zaka.”

— Enock Maregesi

One thing that prevents a man from being a good father is he hasn't completed being a boy.

— Iyanla Vanzant

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.

— Jehane Noujaim

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

— Rufus Wainwright

My father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.

— Margrethe II of Denmark

Dynastic rule is when you are groomed to succeed. My father never groomed me to take over.

— Naveen Patnaik

I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.

— Molly Ivins

“Mother, father, there is no passing the cup. I want to be a troublemaker when I grow up.”

— Demetria Martinez

My father has always written with Mont Blanc pens. It's very chic and elegant and classic.

— Eva Green

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

— Marilyn Manson

For me, the ever smiling face of my father was an enigma which I understood later in life.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

I was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings.

— George W. Bush

“Father, we are all Your children, the seeds of Abraham, looking up, claiming Your peace.”

— Guideposts