Father Quotes · Page 126

A father's words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house

— Anonymous

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

— Rip Torn

I am a family person. I thank my parents for their upbringing.

— Raashi Khanna

Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.

— Nicky Oppenheimer

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

— Catherine Helen Spence

When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf.

— Jane Leavy

My father kicked me out of the house by the time I was 16.

— Malik Yoba

My father made me who I am; he was incredibly intellectually generous.

— Alissa Quart

I was fortunate to be under my dad. And there's a ton of things that I learned from my dad what to…

— Rex Ryan

Nobody ever asks men about the work-life balance, and I just find that interesting, because clearly, I would imagine most men also…

— Katie Couric

I want very much to have a child, now that I have a little security. But I must first find the right…

— Anna Karina

“Getting caught is what I do best. It is either a natural talent (which means we can blame my family genes) or…

— Wynn Wagner

“I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man’s…

— Conn Iggulden

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find…

— William McKinley

I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father.…

— Steve Harvey

My dad, like many Southern men, is this very emotionally expressive person who isn't as articulate in words about his feelings as…

— Lucy Alibar

And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in…

— Vanessa Kerry

The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I…

— Sandra Cisneros

My relationship with my father was absolutely wonderful. He was the love of my life and pivotal in my life. He was…

— Toyah Willcox

They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired…

— Calvin Coolidge

The most important thing, my father told me, which I have never forgotten, and which I have often put unto practice was:…

— Christopher Vokes

As long as we see church life as a meeting we’ll miss its reality and its depth. If the truth were told,…

— Wayne Jacobsen

Very often mothers go to work right away after the child is born and, unless the father or someone else stays home,…

— Laura Huxley

When I started writing 'My Struggle,' my father was still an issue: someone I had in me every day, someone I would…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

My father was a government officer and for him, the ultimate dream was to see me become an IAS officer.

— Badshah

My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.

— Kali Uchis

In life, I want to be happy, to be successful in life and make my parents proud of me.

— Anonymous

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

— Nikki Haley

If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father's library,

— Jorge Luis Borges

“My father called twice and left a voicemail—who does that?”

— Megan Erickson

“It takes a male to make a baby, but it takes a man to raise a child”

— Tony Kay, Motivational speaker

“she would follow her father over the horizon and down the other side, where the world lay hidden.”

— Alan Brennert

My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.

— S. E. Hinton

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

— George Herbert

My parents taught me that in life, you get out what you put in.

— J. D. Martinez

I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.

— Markie Post

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

— Naveen Patnaik

“I wasn’t so special, honey. Except that I was your dad, I wasn’t so special.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.

— Kate Bush