Father Quotes · Page 205

Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

I idolized my father, especially as a young boy. He was bigger than life. He commanded the room.

— Lorenzo Lamas

Even when a girl is married she still never completely leaves her mother and father's home.

— Anna Godbersen

“In this world, the most wonderful place to be, is in the guiding care of our loving Heavenly Father.”

— Karen Gibbs

[On the birth of son William:] Thank goodness he hasn't got ears like his father.

— Princess Diana

I'm not a great father and there have been many occasions, when I fall short, but I'm genuinely trying.

— Rahul Dev

What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it's the courage to raise one.

— Barack Obama

No word makes me happier than the word "daddy" when it's directed to me.

— Michael Josephson

In those stupid online polls to find the best sitcom ever, 'Father Ted' never gets the credit it deserves.

— Sean Lock

“My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated,…

— Firoozeh Dumas

Danny Jacobs as a father, as a man - he takes care of his kids and his community and everything he has…

— Jermall Charlo

My father and Nagarjuna worked together for 'Yuvakudu' and from then on, both of them have been good friends.

— Nithiin

My dad had a tackle box, two rods and reels and a shotgun in the car at all times. It was always…

— Chuck Woolery

My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which…

— Rakul Preet Singh

They will accuse me of stealing from my father. They already stand in baited judgement, waiting for my first move, waiting to…

— Jeff Buckley

“There is a cop who is both prowler and father: he comes from your block, grew up with your brothers, had certain…

— Adrienne Rich

I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. I believe that whenever a human being,…

— Mark Twain

Let that get you up in the morning and put the light in your eyes. I'm telling you, it makes you a…

— Al Jarreau

Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It…

— Sheri L. Dew

I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished.…

— Max Lucado

I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris.…

— Michael Heizer

Oddly enough, my mother was born in Southampton. I have roots in Southampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor. My grandfather, her father, Stefano Rullo,…

— Robert Davi

Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's…

— George Friedman

And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is…

— Mark Haddon

If Blake said that, said Father Brian, he never lived in Dublin.

— Ray Bradbury

My father was a deeply sentimental man. And like all sentimental men, he was also very cruel.

— Ernest Hemingway

You know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular.

— Goodman Ace

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

— David Bowie

It's very hard to be a family man, a father, a husband, an independent wrestler, and a police officer.

— Mustafa Ali

My parents obviously have played a huge role in my success.

— Chase Elliott

Approximately one out of every three children in the U.S. lives in a home without a father.

— Anonymous

My father was a pioneer and a leader in the things he did and the way he did them.

— Anoushka Shankar

My mother and father split up when I was three and my brother was still in the womb.

— Susan Straight

My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.

— Chris Hayes

My father was a tea planter and I grew up in different parts of Assam as his job took him there.

— Victor Banerjee

My father was right: you could make anybody amazing just by insisting they were.

— Elizabeth McCracken

My parents, I don't know about 'strict,' but I would say they were fair and judicious, you know?

— Dennis Farina

Safe, for a child, is his father's hand, holding him tight.

— Marion C Garretty

God Himself was crucified with Christ, for Christ was one with the Father.

— Ellen G. White

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

— Niccolo Machiavelli