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title: "268 Father Said Quotes by 236 authors"
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> [Father said conflict develops the character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelda-fitzgerald/father-said-conflict-develops-the-character/)

[Zelda Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelda-fitzgerald/)

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> [When I was born I brought no joy, my father said he wanted a boy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-dangerfield/when-i-was-born-i-brought-no-joy-my-father-said-he-wanted-a-boy/)

[Rodney Dangerfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-dangerfield/)

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> [“In memory of my father, because he said so”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katja-millay/in-memory-of-my-father-because-he-said-so/)

[Katja Millay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katja-millay/)

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> [“my father said the whole world seemed made of sound and nothing else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanya-yanagihara/my-father-said-the-whole-world-seemed-made-of-sound-and-nothing-else/)

[Hanya Yanagihara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanya-yanagihara/)

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> [“When it rains," her father said "it pours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-it-rains-her-father-said-it-pours/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [When I first started racing, my father said, "Win the race as slow as you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-petty/when-i-first-started-racing-my-father-said-win-the-race-as-slow-as/)

[Richard Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-petty/)

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> [My father always said: 'If you want to know someone, live together on a boat.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-camargo/my-father-always-said-if-you-want-to-know-someone-live-together-on-a/)

[Christian Camargo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-camargo/)

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> [I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/i-often-wish-i-d-got-on-better-with-your-father-he-said/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [“Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/father-said-i-have-no-sense-of-humor-at-all-he-said-i-was-unequipped/)

[J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/)

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> [“Everything you say matters," Yoshi's father had once said to him. "Whenever you say something, you are now the person who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-howrey/everything-you-say-matters-yoshi-s-father-had-once-said-to-him/)

[Meg Howrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-howrey/)

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> [Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/sometimes-son-my-father-said-prying-my-fingers-free-you-have-to-help/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

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> [“It was like her father said: never make people glad twice-glad to see you come, and glad to see you go”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-baszile/it-was-like-her-father-said-never-make-people-glad-twice-glad-to-see/)

[Natalie Baszile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-baszile/)

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> [In one of his books my father said, "Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffany-shlain/in-one-of-his-books-my-father-said-nothing-vast-enters-the-life-of/)

[Tiffany Shlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffany-shlain/)

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> [My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-paterno/my-father-said-about-money-you-have-to-have-some-but-you-don-t-have/)

[Joe Paterno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-paterno/)

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> [“Father always said that it didn't matter what you looked like or what you wear. It was who you were that mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dalton/father-always-said-that-it-didn-t-matter-what-you-looked-like-or-what/)

[Sarah Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dalton/)

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> [“My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/my-own-father-had-always-said-the-measure-of-a-man-wasn-t-how-many-2/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [“He remembered what his father had said when Simon complained about the wild, unruly sea: "Learn to love it, son. Learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-george/he-remembered-what-his-father-had-said-when-simon-complained-about/)

[Nina George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-george/)

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> [“You could have what Drew’s got,” his father said, eyes still looking straight ahead. “A wife and bairns. You’d be a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-chambers/you-could-have-what-drew-s-got-his-father-said-eyes-still-looking/)

[Joanna Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-chambers/)

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> [My father said, "Okay, enough with the Jewish school." He put me into a public school and he said, "If you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chantal-akerman/my-father-said-okay-enough-with-the-jewish-school-he-put-me-into-a/)

[Chantal Akerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chantal-akerman/)

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> [My mother said, "Pack your bags and leave." And my father said, "I've already paid for a year and a half -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/my-mother-said-pack-your-bags-and-leave-and-my-father-said-i-ve/)

[Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/)

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> [I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-knepper/i-have-to-admit-i-never-watch-television-once-in-a-while-i-ll-see/)

[Robert Knepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-knepper/)

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> [“It wasn't fair, he thought peevishly. "Who said life was fair?" his father had said to him a hundred times. He had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/it-wasn-t-fair-he-thought-peevishly-who-said-life-was-fair-his-father/)

[Kate Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-atkinson/)

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> [“And Father said, “Christopher, do you understand that I love you?” And I said “Yes,” because loving someone is helping them when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/and-father-said-christopher-do-you-understand-that-i-love-you-and-i/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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> [But still, here are the words Despereaux Tilling spoke to his father. He said, "I forgive you, Pa!" And he said those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/but-still-here-are-the-words-despereaux-tilling-spoke-to-his-father/)

[Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/)

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> [“She is a slut," I said, "because she went up on the mountain with a man, instead of to bed with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/she-is-a-slut-i-said-because-she-went-up-on-the-mountain-with-a-man/)

[Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/)

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> [The throne rumbled. A wave of gale-force anger slammed into me. WHO DARES- The voice stopped abruptly, The anger retreated, which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-throne-rumbled-a-wave-of-gale-force-anger-slammed-into-me-who/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Julia, is everything all right?” her father said in a raspy voice. “It’s three in the morning, m’ija.” “I’m sorry. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-troncoso/julia-is-everything-all-right-her-father-said-in-a-raspy-voice-it-s/)

[Sergio Troncoso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-troncoso/)

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> [“In Florida, her father had once said at dinner: "I like Negroes, yessir. I think everyone should own one". She had stormed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/in-florida-her-father-had-once-said-at-dinner-i-like-negroes-yessir-i/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

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> [“My father said being an artist is the shortest road to the poor house , claiming "real" work is something you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-chatham/my-father-said-being-an-artist-is-the-shortest-road-to-the-poor-house/)

[Russell Chatham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-chatham/)

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> [We were very - we were a working family, and my father had this very simple philosophy, simple working class approach. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/we-were-very-we-were-a-working-family-and-my-father-had-this-very/)

[Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/)

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> [“Well,” my father said to her, and looked at her. “Well,” my mother said to him, and looked at him. In that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/well-my-father-said-to-her-and-looked-at-her-well-my-mother-said-to/)

[Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/)

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> [“When your parents die, Alessandro, you feel that you have betrayed them." "Why?" Luciana asked. "Because you come to love your children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-helprin/when-your-parents-die-alessandro-you-feel-that-you-have-betrayed-them/)

[Mark Helprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-helprin/)

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> [“(Frances has gotten out of bed again and come to her parents' room...) 'How can the wind have a job?' asked Frances.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/frances-has-gotten-out-of-bed-again-and-come-to-her-parents-room-how/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

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> [“Startled, he tried to comfort him. But Father said slowly, "I ask myself whether I am afraid of death. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/startled-he-tried-to-comfort-him-but-father-said-slowly-i-ask-myself/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

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> [“You fight them, his father had said. You don't trust them. His father had been right. And his father had been ready.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-u-pacat/you-fight-them-his-father-had-said-you-don-t-trust-them-his-father/)

[S.U. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-u-pacat/)

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> [“Kaushik, what about a picture?” my father suggested. I shook my head. I had left my camera, my father’s old Yashica, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhumpa-lahiri/kaushik-what-about-a-picture-my-father-suggested-i-shook-my-head-i/)

[Jhumpa Lahiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhumpa-lahiri/)

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> [“He said he would be back and we'd drink wine together He said that everything would be better than before He said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/he-said-he-would-be-back-and-we-d-drink-wine-together-he-said-that/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

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> [“Thomas Builds-the-Fire closed his eyes and told this story: “I remember when I had this dream that told me to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/thomas-builds-the-fire-closed-his-eyes-and-told-this-story-i-remember/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [“Nature Boy I was just a boy when I sat down To watch the news on TV I saw some ordinary slaughter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/nature-boy-i-was-just-a-boy-when-i-sat-down-to-watch-the-news-on-tv-i/)

[Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/)

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> [ “\[F\]or three-quarters of an hour we sat in silence, and the voice of Mr. Gruffydd, wherever he was, filled us again with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/f-or-three-quarters-of-an-hour-we-sat-in-silence-and-the-voice-of-mr/)

[Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/)

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                        "text": "“Julia, is everything all right?” her father said in a raspy voice. “It’s three in the morning, m’ija.” “I’m sorry. I have to talk to you; it’s something very important. Papá, Mamá, I’ve made a decision, and I wanted to share it with you. I’ve decided to convert to the Muslim religion.” “What?” Pilar screamed. “Are you out of your mind?” “Julia, what are you saying?” “I want to be a Muslim. I’ve even chosen a new Muslim name, Aliyah.” “Julia, are you drunk?” “No, Papá, I’m not drunk. I’ve thought about this for a very long time. I think it’s the right thing for me, a way to follow God.”",
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                        "text": "“Kaushik, what about a picture?” my father suggested. I shook my head. I had left my camera, my father’s old Yashica, at school. “But you always have it with you.” That look of irritated disappointment, the one that had appeared the day my mother died and was missing now that he’d married Chitra, passed briefly across my father’s face. “I forgot it,” I said. It was true, I did always have the camera with me. Even on quiet weekends when I came home and my father and I saw no one I would bring it, taking it with me on walks. This time I had left it behind, knowing that I would not want to document anything. “I don’t understand,” my father said. “Neither do I,” I replied. “You haven’t wanted a picture of anything in years.” “That’s not true.” “It is.” We were stating facts and at the same time arguing, an argument whose depths only he and I could fully comprehend.”",
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                        "text": "“He said he would be back and we'd drink wine together He said that everything would be better than before He said we were on the edge of a new relation He said he would never again cringe before his father He said that he was going to invent full-time He said he loved me that going into me He said was going into the world and the sky He said all the buckles were very firm He said the wax was the best wax He said Wait for me here on the beach He said Just don't cry I remember the gulls and the waves I remember the islands going dark on the sea I remember the girls laughing I remember they said he only wanted to get away from me I remember mother saying : Inventors are like poets, a trashy lot I remember she told me those who try out inventions are worse I remember she added : Women who love such are the worst of all I have been waiting all day, or perhaps longer. I would have liked to try those wings myself. It would have been better than this.”",
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                        "text": "“Thomas Builds-the-Fire closed his eyes and told this story: “I remember when I had this dream that told me to go to Spokane, to stand by the falls in the middle of the city and wait for a sign. I knew I had to go there but I didn’t have a car. Didn’t have a license. I was only thirteen. So I walked all the way, took me all day, and I finally made it to the falls. I stood there for an hour waiting. Then your dad came walking up. ‘What the hell are you doing here? He asked me. I said, ‘waiting for a vision.’ Then your father said, ‘All you’re going to get here is mugged.’ So he drove me to Denny’s, bought me dinner, and then drove me home to the reservation. For a long time I was mad because I thought my dreams had lied to me. But they didn’t. Your dad was my vision. ‘Take care of each other’ is what my dreams were saying. ‘Take care of each other.”",
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                        "text": "“Nature Boy I was just a boy when I sat down To watch the news on TV I saw some ordinary slaughter I saw some routine atrocity My father said, don't look away You got to be strong, you got to be bold, now He said, that in the end it is beauty That is going to save the world, now And she moves among the sparrows And she floats upon the breeze She moves among the flowers She moves something deep inside of me I was walking around the flower show like a leper Coming down with some kind of nervous hysteria When I saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair Up against the pink and purple wisteria You said, hey, nature boy, are you looking at me With some unrighteous intention? My knees went weak, I couldn't speak, I was having thoughts That were not in my best interests to mention And she moves among the flowers And she floats upon the smoke She moves among the shadows She moves me with just one little look You took me back to your place And dressed me up in a deep sea diver's suit You played the patriot, you raised the flag And I stood at full salute Later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb And made it impossible to speak As you closed in, in slow motion, Quoting Sappho, in the original Greek She moves among the shadows She floats upon the breeze She moves among the candles And we moved through the days and through the years Years passed by, we were walking by the sea Half delirious You smiled at me and said, Babe I think this thing is getting kind of serious You pointed at something and said Have you ever seen such a beautiful thing? It was then that I broke down It was then that you lifted me up again She moves among the sparrows And she walks across the sea She moves among the flowers And she moves something deep inside of me She moves among the sparrows And she floats upon the breeze She moves among the flowers And she moves right up close to me”",
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                        "text": "“[F]or three-quarters of an hour we sat in silence, and the voice of Mr. Gruffydd, wherever he was, filled us again with courage, and with hope of a better world. And his watch was in my hand, warm as when he gave it to me. “Are you with us here this morning, Mr. Gruffydd?” my father said, with my mother’s hand in his. “Lifting up our eyes to the hills, we are, see. As you said, so we do. Forever. God bless you. Yes. And, O God, give ease to the sore hearts this day. Amen.” “Amen,” said we all. “Let us sing a good hymn,” my father said. “Let us give our voices a good bit of work, now, before they will wash away.” So we sang, and I seemed to hear Mr. Gruffydd’s basso as you will hear it from a choir, only to be heard if you bend your ear and listen well, and only then, if you know what to listen for.”",
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