Father Quotes · Page 95

I used to carry my father's Bible and put it on the pulpit so he could preach.

— Mr. T

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

My father had a phenomenal knowledge of music; my mom's family were all musicians.

— Steve Miller

There is no place higher than on Daddy's shoulders. -Nesha

— Anonymous

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.

— Leverett Saltonstall

“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.”

— Nina LaCour

If my parents are at the meet, I'll try to look and just kind of spot them out in the stands.

— Caeleb Dressel

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.

— Dwight Howard

I was always falling in and out of love. I was engaged when I was 16 to the first guy I ever…

— Dorothy Hamill

My father, he was a strong guy, a handsome guy, and a hard worker. I don't believe he ever missed a day…

— Ed O'Neill

“Vic’s father was badass. Other dads built things. Hers blew shit up and rode away on a Harley, smoking the cigarette he…

— Joe Hill

I didn't grow up in a voting culture. My father didn't push voting on me, my mother didn't push voting on me.…

— Jelly Roll

My father would give his dinner to any hungry kids who walked by and then go in the backyard and pick weeds…

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

“Just us two men," my father said, my father who had so longed for a son that he had flown paper planes--adoption…

— Marcus Samuelsson

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand…

— Richard Bach

My father used to control the wholesale of many ice-cream items in Middlesbrough. He was central distributor for most of the region.

— Chris Rea

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

“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

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

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Michael Landon, Jr

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

— William Rosenberg

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might, Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.

— George MacDonald

“My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. —William Blake”

— Chip Walter

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

— Joe Calzaghe

Her father said she was a princess. He did not see that she was a brave knight.

— Anne Ursu

My dad saw 'A Dirty Shame.' I felt bad about my father knowing what 'felching' was.

— John Waters

I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.

— Nelsan Ellis

My father is quite conservative and religious, and hes been wanting me to get married since I was 15,

— Vikram Chatwal

My most popular blogs end up being the ones where I talk about being a dad.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Don't be a pal to your son. Be his father. What child needs a 40-year-old for a friend?

— Al Capp

Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am.

— Henry Louis Gates

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

— Jean de La Fontaine

To this day my father cringes when he has to tell friends, 'My son's a movie actor.'

— Victor Banerjee

“Love is a poison,' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you.”

— Janell Rhiannon

I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are still together.

— Warsan Shire