--- title: "12 Father Alive Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Father Alive quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Father Alive sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/chelsea-handler-887_aisle_i-would-never-get-married-while-my-fathe_2920825.png" --- > [I would never get married while my father is still alive because I wouldn't want him to walk me down the aisle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-handler/i-would-never-get-married-while-my-father-is-still-alive-because-i/) [Chelsea Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/chelsea-handler-887_aisle_i-would-never-get-married-while-my-fathe_2920825.png) > [You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-jeffs/you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-still-alive-and-in-the-next-room/) [Warren Jeffs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-jeffs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/warren-jeffs-42214_alive_you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-stil_508333.jpg) > [I always wanted to work. But I still probably would have finished school if my father was alive. I never wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-paul/i-always-wanted-to-work-but-i-still-probably-would-have-finished/) [Rich Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/rich-paul-12009_alive_i-always-wanted-to-work-but-i-still-prob_2418105.jpg) > [The paradox is, I can't miss the good things about my father while he is alive, but I will of course miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-tsing-loh/the-paradox-is-i-can-t-miss-the-good-things-about-my-father-while-he/) [Sandra Tsing Loh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-tsing-loh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/sandra-tsing-loh-8276_alive_the-paradox-is-i-can-t-miss-the-good-thi_2417537.jpg) > [If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yogi-berra/if-my-father-was-alive-to-hear-that-he-d-turn-over-in-his-grave/) [Yogi Berra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yogi-berra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/yogi-berra-1349_alive_if-my-father-was-alive-to-hear-that-he-d_413395.png) > [“Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you need of him. How else could you produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/your-father-is-alive-in-you-harry-and-shows-himself-most-plainly-when/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/j-k-rowling-86_dumbledore_your-father-is-alive-in-you-harry-and-sh_1846454.png) > [To those people who say, 'My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say, 'Yeah, well, good for you. This dog…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/to-those-people-who-say-my-father-is-alive-because-of-animal/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/bill-maher-211_alive_to-those-people-who-say-my-father-is-ali_1349253.png) > [“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/you-think-the-dead-we-loved-ever-truly-leave-us-you-think-that-we-don-2/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/j-k-rowling-86_father_you-think-the-dead-we-loved-ever-truly-l_1999671.jpg) > [Had my father been alive, he would have been super proud to see me create history by being the first Indian to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherlyn-chopra/had-my-father-been-alive-he-would-have-been-super-proud-to-see-me/) [Sherlyn Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherlyn-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/sherlyn-chopra-6255_alive_had-my-father-been-alive-he-would-have-b_1142805.jpg) > [Some nights I break down and cry. I'm lucky that my father's still alive. He's been fighting all his life, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fun/some-nights-i-break-down-and-cry-i-m-lucky-that-my-father-s-still/) [Fun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/fun-28071_father_some-nights-i-break-down-and-cry-i-m-luc_2402034.jpg) > [“I wish your father were alive, and king-in-waiting. And I his right-hand man still. He would be telling me what tasks I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-in-waiting-and-i-his-right/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/anonymous-1_father_i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-i_2274584.jpg) > [“I could do anything—be anything. I could be a blackberry farmer. I could worry about phone bills and nipping out to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-ducie/i-could-do-anything-be-anything-i-could-be-a-blackberry-farmer-i/) [Joe Ducie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-ducie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/joe-ducie-47367_day-to-day_i-could-do-anything-be-anything-i-could_614996.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-alive/#itemlist", "name": "Father Alive Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would never get married while my father is still alive because I wouldn't want him to walk me down the aisle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chelsea Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-handler/i-would-never-get-married-while-my-father-is-still-alive-because-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/chelsea-handler-887_aisle_i-would-never-get-married-while-my-fathe_2920825.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/chelsea-handler-887_aisle_i-would-never-get-married-while-my-fathe_2920825.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/chelsea-handler-887_aisle_i-would-never-get-married-while-my-fathe_2920825.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would never get married while my father is still alive because I wouldn't want him to walk me down the…” — Chelsea Handler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Warren Jeffs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-jeffs/you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-still-alive-and-in-the-next-room/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/warren-jeffs-42214_alive_you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-stil_508333.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/warren-jeffs-42214_alive_you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-stil_508333.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/warren-jeffs-42214_alive_you-women-will-live-as-if-father-is-stil_508333.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You women will live as if father is still alive and in the next room.” — Warren Jeffs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always wanted to work. 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Do you know how easy it is, Fitz, to follow a man you believe in.\" \"Verity to Fitz, p. 112”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-in-waiting-and-i-his-right/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/anonymous-1_father_i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-i_2274584.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/anonymous-1_father_i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-i_2274584.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/anonymous-1_father_i-wish-your-father-were-alive-and-king-i_2274584.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wish your father were alive, and king-in-waiting. And I his right-hand man still. 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Top of his class, you know—he has his mother’s grace… I could see all of that, as clear in my mind as sunlight on fresh snow, and so much more. Just living day to day. One morning we could have picnics, my family and I, next to blue glacial lakes. One afternoon my son would be old enough to meet a girl, get in a fight, need to shave. One evening his sister will need help with her homework, and he’ll complain, but he’ll help. 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