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title: "20 Fathers Mothers Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Fathers Mothers quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Fathers Mothers sayings and thoughts."
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> [No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-cervantes/no-fathers-or-mothers-think-their-own-children-ugly/)

[Miguel de Cervantes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-cervantes/)

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> [Unfortunately, some of the best fathers are mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-gardner/unfortunately-some-of-the-best-fathers-are-mothers/)

[Chris Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-gardner/)

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> [Babies need fathers as well as mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-hartley-brewer/babies-need-fathers-as-well-as-mothers/)

[Julia Hartley-Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-hartley-brewer/)

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> [Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will fuck you up, every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/fathers-mothers-with-all-their-caring-and-attention-they-will-fuck/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/fathers-mothers-with-all-their-caring-and-attention-they-will-f-you/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-heckerling/babies-don-t-need-fathers-but-mothers-do-someone-who-is-taking-care/)

[Amy Heckerling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-heckerling/)

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> [If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/if-fathers-were-to-be-mothers-then-there-will-never-have-a-family-of/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

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> [Most fathers and... Mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/most-fathers-and-mothers-only-your-grandmother-and-ghengis-khan-know/)

[Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/)

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> [I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dilma-rousseff/i-hope-the-fathers-and-mothers-of-little-girls-will-look-at-them-and/)

[Dilma Rousseff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dilma-rousseff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/dilma-rousseff-36313_fathers_i-hope-the-fathers-and-mothers-of-little_235738.jpg)

> [Fathers and mothers,” she found herself saying, “leave their mark, no matter if we’ve known them a lifetime or only a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/fathers-and-mothers-she-found-herself-saying-leave-their-mark-no/)

[Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/)

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> [Never The Same All FATHERS are Men but not all MEN are Fathers. All MOTHERS are Women but not all WOMEN are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amoh-nketiah-dennis/never-the-same-all-fathers-are-men-but-not-all-men-are-fathers-all/)

[Amoh Nketiah Dennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amoh-nketiah-dennis/)

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> [In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cosby/in-spite-of-the-seven-thousand-books-of-expert-advice-the-right-way/)

[Bill Cosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cosby/)

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> [Fathers and mothers are too absorbed in business and housekeeping to study their children, and cherish that sweet and natural confidence which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/fathers-and-mothers-are-too-absorbed-in-business-and-housekeeping-to/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-bloom/fathers-and-mothers-have-lost-the-idea-that-the-highest-aspiration/)

[Allan Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-bloom/)

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> [Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/even-if-society-dictates-that-men-and-women-should-behave-in-certain/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-borgnine/fathers-and-mothers-are-just-people-which-means-they-make-mistakes/)

[Ernest Borgnine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-borgnine/)

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> [I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-kirkman/i-wonder-if-that-s-the-difference-between-fathers-and-mothers-i-m/)

[Jen Kirkman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-kirkman/)

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> [Contrary to all we hear about women and their empty-nest problem, it may be fathers more often than mothers who are pained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lillian-b-rubin/contrary-to-all-we-hear-about-women-and-their-empty-nest-problem-it/)

[Lillian B. Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lillian-b-rubin/)

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> [But whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/but-whatever-the-era-whatever-the-times-one-thing-will-never-change/)

[James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/)

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> [Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-bush/whatever-the-era-one-thing-will-never-change-fathers-and-mothers-if/)

[Barbara Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-bush/)

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