Father Quotes · Page 308

Anyway, my father became super-responsible. You know, he was the kind of person that absorbs all responsibility in the family, and then…

— Paul Laffoley

My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden…

— Joe R. Lansdale

“No, never regret destroying something written. Some things are best left hidden, especially if they can seriously hurt someone if they are…

— Lynne King

My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children.

— Pat Conroy

I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so…

— Christopher Judge

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went…

— Buzz Aldrin

My dad always told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I was willing to work hard enough to achieve…

— Coco Jones

My mother and father have also raised five boys so they know there's only so much that can be controlled.

— Henry Cavill

When firmly planted, your testimony of the gospel, of the Savior, and of our Heavenly Father will influence all that you do…

— Thomas S. Monson

I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by…

— Ai Weiwei

My mother was the one who totally got behind me as far as, do things and ask questions later. My father would…

— Andrew Dice Clay

Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them,…

— T. Berry Brazelton

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life…

— George Orwell

I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember…

— Ronald Reagan

I think that's the mother and father of all cop-outs. It's an honest scientific quest to discover where this apparent improbability comes…

— Richard Dawkins

My father has this expression that you have to be able to look yourself in the eyes in the mirror, you know,…

— Stephanie McMahon

Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older…

— Henry Garza

I grew up in the 60s, and before the 60s, my father was into Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, so I heard…

— Mike Campbell

My parents split before my fifth birthday, and I moved with Mom and my three siblings to her native Oahu.

— Janet Mock

It's great being a dad. It's like anyone, if things aren't going well at work, and you go home and see your…

— Andrew Robertson

My father was a preacher so I wouldn't sing at all when he was around, but as soon as he locked the…

— John Witherspoon

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring…

— Mitch Albom

My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me…

— Sarah Orne Jewett

My mother's Puerto Rican and my father's Russian-Jewish, so we consider ourselves to be Jewricans or Puertojews. I think Puertojew sounds like…

— Rachel Ticotin

“Life is what places a border between the chaos and the order and extends it in the favor of the latter. Anything…

— Osman Doluca

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great…

— Christopher Meloni

Now ain nobody tell us it would be fair no love for my father cause the coward wasn't their" {Tu Pac Shukur}

— Tupac Shakur

I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've…

— Jesse Metcalfe

When I was younger, I always saw my friends with their mothers and fathers and felt a little jealous of them for…

— Gabriel Jesus

My father was my best friend. He was conservative and traditional, but at the same time, he wasn't strict.

— Randhir Kapoor

“Sometimes I think my father has all these scars. On his heart. In his head. All over. It’s not such an easy…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I gotta say, as the father of two beautiful young daughters, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the…

— Steve Schirripa

Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I'm constantly aware of what they suffered in the war.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

We ought to feel in our hearts that God is our Father, and that while we make mistakes and are weak yet…

— Lorenzo Snow

The first time I met my father was when I was 25. I was visiting here in Los Angeles, I had not…

— Erika Jayne

I'm a character and a sports entertainer and a wrestler, but I'm also a father and a husband and a provider.

— Roman Reigns

Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion.

— William E. Simon

I'm not opposed to adoption. It's not in my immediate future because I'm on the move a lot and if I were…

— John Corbett

I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that…

— Ryan Kavanaugh

I was raised by just my mom. See, my father died when I was eight years old. At least, that's what he…

— Drew Carey