Father Quotes · Page 161

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

— Mel Gibson

It's a sad story that my father died, but it's also a good story that he would be proud of me now.

— Dennis Schroder

My father lost his business. Our house was locked up, and we had to leave.

— Kumar Pallana

Sean Óg ó Hailpín… his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold.

— Micheal O Muircheartaigh

My father was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and my mom was from Bermuda.

— Adina Porter

My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons.

— Jonathan Swift

I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer,

— Chris Kyle

My father used to say I would inherit his house but not his seat.

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

My father was unwell when I was 11, had a stroke at 14 and died when I was 18. My mother going…

— John Caudwell

Every day is Father's Day to me when I'm with her: when I'll be able to hold my daughter and see her…

— Saquon Barkley

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet,…

— Ice T

I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

— Britt Ekland

When I was about 10 I ran away to see my father. He couldn't have cared less. He just took me back…

— Vidal Sassoon

I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I'm very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.

— Esai Morales

“Where do thoughts come from, Father?” King Mafferan looked deeply into his twelve-year-old eyes. “While I may not be sure all thoughts…

— Darryl Steven Markowitz

My father has taught me not to succumb to nihilism, and my mother has taught me the value of hard work and…

— Michael Tubbs

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be…

— Gregory Corso

Most of the boys would come with bits of equipment that their fathers had given them from their war days - helmets,…

— Paul Auster

The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled…

— Criss Jami

I've never been married, and I have no regrets about not starting my own family. I come from a large one, so…

— Johnny Mathis

Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the…

— Rick Warren

The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Quotations are powerful tools. Michel de Montaigne, the father of all essayists, observed, 'I quote others only to better express myself.' Intrepid…

— Richard Lederer

I've been acting since I was a little kid. It was my escape from my day which had to do with a…

— Daphne Zuniga

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

— Zebulon Pike

It took a thing like my father's death to make me decide that I actually wanted to pursue drumming.

— Jason Bonham

Of course I am proud of my dad and where I come from, but I do have my own way of working…

— Sofia Coppola

Even with my father and brother dying, I didn't quite process the grief.

— Marc Forster

Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.

— Tove Ditlevsen

“He nodded and leaned down to kiss me. I let him, Dad be damned.”

— S.C. Stephens

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

— Doris Lessing

I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.

— Carrie Fisher

Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me.

— Nicolas Cage

Life as a single father has taught me many things. Particularly that love only makes everything easier.

— Anonymous

“Any man can become a father, but it takes a devoted man to become a daddy.”

— Wilfred Bostwick

My parents taught me that it is my responsibility to make sacrifices for those after me.

— Bill Duke

I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

— Misty Copeland

I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me

— William Shakespeare

The imprint of the father, remains forever on the life of the child.

— Anonymous

The only dream I have in my life is to be a little piece of my dad, because he was really happy.

— Alessandro Michele