--- title: "8 Father Liked Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Father Liked quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Father Liked sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/alan-bradley-1571_money_i-shot-him-a-broad-smile-a-smile-wide-en_637847.png" --- > [“I shot him a broad smile, a smile wide enough to present him with a good view of the wire braces that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/i-shot-him-a-broad-smile-a-smile-wide-enough-to-present-him-with-a/) [Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/alan-bradley-1571_money_i-shot-him-a-broad-smile-a-smile-wide-en_637847.png) > [My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-gleitzman/my-capacity-for-humour-may-have-come-largely-from-my-father-he-liked/) [Morris Gleitzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-gleitzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/morris-gleitzman-12796_capacity_my-capacity-for-humour-may-have-come-lar_988711.jpg) > [My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/my-father-liked-me-when-i-wasna-being-an-idiot-and-he-loved-me-too/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/diana-gabaldon-185_beats_my-father-liked-me-when-i-wasna-being-an_1013254.jpg) > [My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-leonard/my-father-i-liked-but-it-was-only-after-his-death-that-i-got-to-know/) [Hugh Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-leonard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/hugh-leonard-22472_death_my-father-i-liked-but-it-was-only-after_1135429.png) > [“My education, my father liked to point out, was wider than it was deep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/my-education-my-father-liked-to-point-out-was-wider-than-it-was-deep/) [Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/karen-joy-fowler-3727_education_my-education-my-father-liked-to-point-ou_1632793.png) > [I have always had sympathy for Atletico Madrid because, among other things, I have friends there, and my father always liked Atletico.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-benitez/i-have-always-had-sympathy-for-atletico-madrid-because-among-other/) [Rafael Benitez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-benitez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/rafael-benitez-3934_always_i-have-always-had-sympathy-for-atletico_1985029.png) > [I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/i-think-my-father-would-have-liked-to-have-been-an-artist-actually/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/david-hockney-1395_actually_i-think-my-father-would-have-liked-to-ha_2140909.png) > [I see my husband and the way he is with his daughters, responsive and alive and sensitive in ways my father would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-brennan-jobs/i-see-my-husband-and-the-way-he-is-with-his-daughters-responsive-and/) [Lisa Brennan-Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-brennan-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e6/lisa-brennan-jobs-20977_alive_i-see-my-husband-and-the-way-he-is-with_2313322.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-liked/#itemlist", "name": "Father Liked Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I shot him a broad smile, a smile wide enough to present him with a good view of the wire braces that caged my teeth. 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