--- title: "12 Father Tried Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Father Tried quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Father Tried sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/walter-isaacson-384_dad_his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me_997447.jpg" --- > [“his dad “putting them on a table with me so I got to play with them.” He watched with fascination as his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me-so-i-got-to-play-with-them-he/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/walter-isaacson-384_dad_his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me_997447.jpg) > [“Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-weissman/peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his-father-tried-to-steal-the-sun/) [Douglas Weissman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-weissman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/douglas-weissman-74234_adventure_peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his_2790144.jpg) > [I love you dad. I wouldn't ask for anyone else to call my father. I have tried to model myself after you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-love-you-dad-i-wouldn-t-ask-for-anyone-else-to-call-my-father-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/anonymous-1_dad_i-love-you-dad-i-wouldn-t-ask-for-anyone_658943.jpg) > [“Amber’s father had once tried to sell her hand in marriage in order to settle his debts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bella-forrest/amber-s-father-had-once-tried-to-sell-her-hand-in-marriage-in-order/) [Bella Forrest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bella-forrest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/bella-forrest-1214_marriage_amber-s-father-had-once-tried-to-sell-he_1819355.jpg) > [My father tried to give me the sex talk once, and he chickened out. He walked into my room and went, 'Adam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-ferrara/my-father-tried-to-give-me-the-sex-talk-once-and-he-chickened-out-he/) [Adam Ferrara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-ferrara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/adam-ferrara-12745_adam_my-father-tried-to-give-me-the-sex-talk_2295399.png) > [A person takes his own path. My father tried to guide me the best way he thought I should go, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naseeruddin-shah/a-person-takes-his-own-path-my-father-tried-to-guide-me-the-best-way/) [Naseeruddin Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naseeruddin-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/naseeruddin-shah-5603_best_a-person-takes-his-own-path-my-father-tr_2734447.jpg) > [My father tried to discourage me from going into comedy, mainly because he felt like it wasn't promising. It was pie in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-robinson/my-father-tried-to-discourage-me-from-going-into-comedy-mainly/) [Craig Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/craig-robinson-8676_actor_my-father-tried-to-discourage-me-from-go_2950187.jpg) > [“Like any good father, I tried to calculate ways I could monetize this ability.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-tobolowsky/like-any-good-father-i-tried-to-calculate-ways-i-could-monetize-this/) [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-tobolowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/stephen-tobolowsky-17312_father_like-any-good-father-i-tried-to-calculat_2126789.png) > [“Yukiko steered the subject away from sex as fast as she could. She was still occasionally woken by nightmares about the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-kristoff/yukiko-steered-the-subject-away-from-sex-as-fast-as-she-could-she-was/) [Jay Kristoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-kristoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/jay-kristoff-8078_humor_yukiko-steered-the-subject-away-from-sex_798148.jpg) > [“As he fell asleep, his mind tormented him with the image of one face; the man he had thought was his father.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-craig/as-he-fell-asleep-his-mind-tormented-him-with-the-image-of-one-face/) [Joe Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-craig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/joe-craig-102397_inspirational_as-he-fell-asleep-his-mind-tormented-him_1116680.jpg) > ['One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-douglas/one-flew-over-the-cuckoo-s-nest-which-my-father-had-tried-to-get-made/) [Michael Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/michael-douglas-2539_cuckoo_one-flew-over-the-cuckoo-s-nest-which-my_2701753.jpg) > [“Yet Kantarō felt that he himself was an obedient animal, no longer capable of effective resistance. To him it seemed that his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kuroshima-denji/yet-kantar-felt-that-he-himself-was-an-obedient-animal-no-longer/) [Kuroshima Denji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kuroshima-denji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/kuroshima-denji-254632_little-people_yet-kantar-felt-that-he-himself-was-an-o_3016092.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-tried/#itemlist", "name": "Father Tried Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“his dad “putting them on a table with me so I got to play with them.” He watched with fascination as his father tried to get a waveform line on”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Isaacson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me-so-i-got-to-play-with-them-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/walter-isaacson-384_dad_his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me_997447.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/walter-isaacson-384_dad_his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me_997447.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/walter-isaacson-384_dad_his-dad-putting-them-on-a-table-with-me_997447.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“his dad “putting them on a table with me so I got to play with them.” He watched with fascination as his…” — Walter Isaacson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Weissman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-weissman/peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his-father-tried-to-steal-the-sun/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/douglas-weissman-74234_adventure_peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his_2790144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/douglas-weissman-74234_adventure_peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his_2790144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/douglas-weissman-74234_adventure_peter-loved-to-hear-the-story-of-how-his_2790144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun.” — Douglas Weissman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love you dad. 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