Father Quotes · Page 143

He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

— Steve Spurrier

My father studied under a street light in a small town in Haryana.

— Piyush Goyal

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

— Nia Vardalos

My father told me very early on that it was a sin to worry too much.

— Mel Gibson

I was born in Nagpur and brought up in Ahmedabad, where my father had a small factory.

— Ronit Roy

My father became the man he wanted to be by allowing dreams and supporting his family's dreams.

— Rudy Ruettiger

I want to be known as a great dad more than anything.

— Mark Henry

My parents treated my height as a wonderful thing to be celebrated, but also normal.

— Gwendoline Christie

She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and…

— Anne Bronte

My father was a dentist, and I always thought that he was one of the 10. It's an interesting way to personalize…

— Frank Luntz

The idea of who my father is to me is very different than who he is to you, or to the rest…

— Ziggy Marley

My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.

— Alan Alda

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the gift, is to not ever let anybody…

— Wilma Mankiller

The seminal right of the modern civil rights movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly…

— Martin Luther King III

My father used to run an NGO and we all used to live at this huge place in Gujranwala Town with lots…

— Vaani Kapoor

I do like Tom Petty an awful lot. I always say that he's my real father, but I'm joking in that imaginary…

— Christina Ricci

Jesus disclosed that God is compassionate. Jesus spoke of God that way: "Be compassionate, as God is compassionate." Compassion is the primary…

— Marcus Borg

My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I…

— Thomas Jones

My father can not finish a sentence. When we were kids he would go, 'Girls the most important thing in life to…

— Caroline Rhea

I lost my father when I was four, so maybe that was always in the background. Losing my brother kicked it into…

— Shannon Lee

“My Father Still Sleeping After Surgery In spite of himself, my father loved me. In spite of the hands that beat me,…

— Toi Derricotte

My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to…

— Tyler Perry

Dear friend, since you have said all that a man who is thoughtful could say or do, even one who was older…

— Menelaos

My parents' loss was compensated by the birth of my son Aryan and daughter Suhana. I believe they're my parents. In comparison…

— Shahrukh Khan

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

— Guillaume Apollinaire

Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.

— Chief Joseph

Let me be clear. 'The Good Father' isn't a handbook on how to assassinate the president.

— Noah Hawley

When I married Maria, her father was governor at the time, and I was in awe of his progressive message.

— Kenneth Cole

I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.

— Beatrix Potter

Nothing I have ever done or will ever do will be more important to me than being a Dad.

— Everlast

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

— Mary Mapes Dodge

Fatherhood has absolutely changed me. It's the best thing that ever happened to me.

— Spencer Pratt

Boys are like drugs,' her father said, 'just say no.

— Jill Shalvis

“Dad always said, “Never embarrass the man who signs your paycheck.”

— McMillian Moody

Shout out to all the guys who've had to grow up without their dad or any father figure. Its not easy...

— Anonymous

I was bullied about everything, from the way I looked to the fact that my father had been a dancer.

— Paul Bettany

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so.

— Pam Brown

I had to be the only child in this country who ever called his father 'The King.'

— Kyle Petty

I had a very artistic bohemian childhood. My father was an actor and a mime.

— Vonda Shepard

Being a father makes everything in the world make sense.

— Cameron Mathison