Father Quotes · Page 196

The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame.

— Anonymous

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

— Calvin Johnson

I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.

— Mavis Staples

My dad always taught me if I have my education, anything is possible.

— Romeo Miller

My dad instilled in me a warrior like spirit that I've applied towards life.

— Bruce Buffer

If a man is miser, he will certainly have a prodigal son.

— Vikrant Parsai

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

— Homer

I was always a girl who wanted to please her dad, and he so wanted me to succeed.

— Sheila Hancock

I think that people assumed I was white because of my last name. My father is Caucasian, my mother is Hispanic. But…

— George Zimmerman

In my mind, I was still Chimere's father. I was there when he was born. I saw him when he first came…

— Ne-Yo

The Father is the tree and the daughter is the leaf that grows and gets its nourishment from the tree. :)

— Blahblahblah

The most important lesson my dad taught me was how to manage fear. Early on, he taught me that in a time…

— Rudy Giuliani

Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone.

— Annie Dillard

My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing…

— Richard Flanagan

My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them.

— Jerry Heller

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

— Simon McBurney

When my, British-Church of England mother married my, Canadian-Jewish Father, the deal was that she would embrace Judaism, but wouldn't give up…

— Hilary Farr

“My face grew hot. "We were discussing the investigation," I told him quickly. "He was here a quarter of an hour at…

— Deanna Raybourn

[My father] was also a lawyer in his bank and specialized in tax law. He would have to do the tax returns…

— Paul Laffoley

What I've learned much about myself by now is as the quality and discipline of my quiet time with the Lord goes,…

— Matthew West

And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself…

— Khalil Gibran

“The truth is that if my father weren't my father, he would be one of the men he hates; he is incorrigibly…

— Nora Ephron

I just gravitated toward (working behind the scenes by) growing up on the different sets and watching my father and other people…

— Michael Landon, Jr

I think so much of my life had me growing up under extreme poverty and really challenging conditions, with having the police…

— Patrisse Cullors

I'm a dad; I started a program for young men when my first child was born.

— Malik Yoba

People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents.

— Eliot Sumner

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

— Tippi Hedren

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share.

— Tiger Woods

Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.

— Sigrid Undset

What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.

— Dan DeCarlo

To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater…

— Nelson Mandela

I learned early on that family, as far as my mother and father, were not an option.

— Drew Barrymore

My parents preached to be humble and just take what you've been given.

— Justin Jefferson

My dad was faithful to my mother. I had a good role model.

— Nigel Benn

“Don't focus on the mountain; focus on the mountain mover!" HS/el”

— Evinda Lepins

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

— Damien Hirst

Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.

— Alistair Begg

When I was just four-and-a-half, my parents separated and both my parents remarried.

— Dia Mirza

Growing up, around the dinner table my father and I didn't talk sports. We talked business.

— Jared Kushner

A son is not a judge of his father, but the conscience of the father is in his son.

— Simon Soloveychik