Father Quotes · Page 76

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

— Natalie Massenet

Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers.

— Garrison Keillor

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

— Tina Turner

My parents always told me I could do anything, so I never had limits on what I could or couldn't do.

— Marsai Martin

I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Your father is dying." "Drat!" said the Prince, "That means I shall have to get married.”

— William Goldman

“My Father always said ‘Man can sooner reconcile the galaxy than two women!”

— J.J. Snow

My parents gave me a strong sense of entitlement. And I use that in a very good way.

— Huma Qureshi

Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in…

— William Shakespeare

My parents both worked really hard. We weren't rich by any means, but we certainly had the best that they could have…

— Ariana Madix

I had a tough childhood after my father died when I was five, and I had a very difficult stepfather. I want…

— Ant Middleton

Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form…

— Pat Conroy

My dad, Mike, died, after a decade of living with dementia - I say 'living,' but it was no life for him.

— Chris Sutton

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

— Charles Lamb

I have played all generations in reel and real life - grandson, son, father, and grandfather - and each relationship has taught…

— Rishi Kapoor

“Are you William Rowen?” Ira checked the space behind him, over each shoulder, then sorted. “Me? Her father? I’m gonna pretend you…

— Angie Frazier

As a child, I was an observer, a listener for the stories of grown-ups. I led a quiet, solitary life with my…

— Susan Shreve

My father was a very religious person. And he prayed five times a day. And he did that throughout his relationship with…

— Ahmet Ertegun

My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded.…

— Herbie Hancock

It's a funny thing. It's an odd thing to have your dad just come and work with you. But I think they…

— Emily Deschanel

“I explained we lost the porch to the flood. 'Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter.…

— Franny Billingsley

I can testify, from my own experience and observation, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the…

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

My father knows more about sports than any human being out there. He relaxes. The ribbing that we give each at the…

— Donald Trump, Jr

“He was giving her the most important thing he could, the only way he knew how. He was a professor, a lover…

— Jennifer E. Smith

My parents were divorced when I was 2, so I don't remember much about them being together.

— Tiffany Darwish

I had a fantastic father, Jack Sharp, and I will always carry him in my heart as my father.

— Lesley Sharp

I have that memory of dancing on my father's feet to all the music my parents used to listen to.

— Deborah Kass

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man.

— Jean Shepherd

My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill.

— Cam Newton

I don't dream football. I dream the American Dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

— Barry Sanders

My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

— Jimmy Cliff

Throughout my boyhood my father impressed upon me the value of money.

— Jackie Coogan

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.

— Lily Allen

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

— Constance Baker Motley

My dad gave me life twice. I thank him by using the strong body I now have.

— Amy Purdy

When my father didnt have my hand . . . he had my back.

— SangFroid Stalker

I'm in constant inner dialogue with my father still.

— Paul Auster

I am not a father who wants to give his kids everything. They have to earn it.

— Mariano Rivera

My grandparents from the old country, Latvia, were all musical on my father's side.

— Joel Grey

One of my uncles took me to my first movie in a cinema - 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

— Rupert Friend