Father Quotes · Page 208

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.

— Ted Turner

My father Apresh Lahiri and mother Bansari Lahiri were great composers of their time.

— Bappi Lahiri

“Watching us, our father seemed to age another ten years.”

— Anonymous

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

— Dwyane Wade

“Fatherhood is the greatest education a man can ever receive.”

— Asa Don Brown

Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.

— Alex Faickney Osborn

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

— Elaine Paige

Mental illness and depression are the reason why I no longer have a father.

— Caroline Calloway

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

— Edward Carpenter

I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school…

— Jan Schakowsky

I found my father through other people, through my older brothers, my high school coaches, so I had men influences along the…

— Paul Pierce

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

— Eva Figes

Everybody in America grew up without a father even if they had one. It was the fifties. They were working.

— Mona Simpson

There were some medical emergencies at home, be it my wife's brain tumour operation, my father's cancer. Eventually we lost him in 2018.

— Pratik Gandhi

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was…

— Jim Carrey

I'm half-Chinese and half-Caucasian. My grandparents came here from China. My father was born in New Jersey.

— Phillipa Soo

“Now as I began to sort through his “effects” it occurred to me how little I had really known him … I…

— David Malouf

Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us…

— Charles Stanley

Awake, my soul, and with the sun thy daily course of duty run. Cast off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay…

— Thomas Ken

“As for myself, I have found my perfect pattern in Jesus, who said, “The Father has not left Me alone, for I…

— Derek Prince

You realize how much the relationship when kids are young can suffer. And it's important to make sure that you are able…

— Vince Vaughn

I became quietly seized with that nostalgia that overcomes you when you have reached the middle of your life and your father…

— Bill Bryson

I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and…

— Jen Kirkman

“He loved them with a complete and undeniable love, the love of a father. The best he could do was try to…

— Candice Fox

“What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it's yours.”

— Goethe

There's probably no loss bigger than losing one's own father.

— Disha Parmar

Even some men came into my life, my father is still number one man here in my heart.

— Innah Delos Angeles

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.

— Hugh Leonard

I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father?

— Matt Lauer

I used to talk politics with my father all the time before he passed away.

— Jessica Tarlov

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.

— Bindi Irwin

I am a born hunter, like my father, my grandfather, and every man of my family before them.

— Roberto Baggio

I was lucky that my parents had supported and guided me with a positive framework.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

Parents and children were put on earth to give each other grief. You were my punishment for how I behaved to my…

— Mary Jo Putney

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to…

— James Nasmyth

Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible…

— Robert Trujillo

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.

— Dan O'Brien

“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.”

— Amit Kalantri

The Founding Fathers worried that 'some common impulse of passion' might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a…

— David Harsanyi