Father Quotes · Page 147

It is a great moment in life when a father sees a son grow taller than he or reach farther.

— Richard L. Evans

My father did not do a film for me or launched me, he wanted us to do things on our own.

— Javed Jaffrey

I have inherited my father's thick skin, which helps me deal with trolls.

— Ananya Panday

Obviously Gwilym is a very Welsh name! My father is from Maesteg, and my mother's from Abergavenny.

— Gwilym Lee

I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.

— Graham Yost

“In the end, my father had it right. He called me nothing at all.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

I think what my father is saying is I want a fair election. I want a fair election.

— Eric Trump

It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.

— Bernice King

“I followed, from then on, in my father's footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space.”

— Tennessee Williams

If I repeated some passages from the homilies of the Church Fathers, in the second or third century, about how we must…

— Pope Francis

It's difficult to say what I would be doing if I wasn't a footballer, but I probably would have sold coal like…

— Angel Di Maria

It's important to learn from the past and people's experiences, not only from my father's [Pablo Escobar] as a drug dealer, but…

— Juan Pablo Escobar

I guess when you are left on your own, you find your true potential. I remember my father never came to our…

— Mukesh Ambani

I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as…

— Katee Sackhoff

“No one ever asked me if I wanted to play tennis, let alone make it my life. My father decided long before…

— Andre Agassi

“I think I'll buy you from your father so you can say nice things like that to me three times a day.…

— Cornelia Funke

The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit.…

— Pearl S. Buck

I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very…

— Dhani Harrison

At the end of the day, I mean, I love my father, but I was always a mama's girl growing up. I'm…

— Britney Spears

I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had…

— Stevie Wonder

Digging back through the events of the past, I found that there have been all sorts of people who had a greater…

— Mamoru Hosoda

I look up to my father, he's done what he's done, and I want to emulate his achievements and become as successful…

— Chris Eubank Jr

“I waited for my father’s head to blow completely off, but he just rubbed his hand over his face and said, “Are…

— Sloane Kennedy

“Don’t worry, there are many safeguards in place. Unless you want me to have Logan explain—” “No! I trust you.” He clutched…

— Maria V. Snyder

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

— Jim Parrack

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?

— Friedrich Schiller

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.

— Nicolas Bentley

My father is Croatian but went to school in Bosnia, and my mother's also Croatian but lived in Bosnia.

— Ivan Rakitic

When my father died, I was living in England. It was very traumatic that he died when I was away.

— Sharon Creech

It makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.

— Sonia Braga

My father was a doctor. I've never been very warm towards doctors.

— Nigel Hawthorne

I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.

— Jamie Oliver

My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

— Philip Levine

“My father sought the Truth,and died without finding it. Oh why did you not come sooner?" - Mr. Ni”

— Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor

I'm always going to admire my father more than anybody in life.

— Gary Payton

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

— John Sutter

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

— Liza Minnelli

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

— Christina Aguilera

I have a big responsibility as a father. That helps me to be more sensible.

— Marko Arnautovic

“His grandma wouldn’t be here when his father arrived. Which suited everyone.”

— Patrick Ness