--- title: "12 Looking Father Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Looking Father quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Looking Father sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/brook-lopez-5741_father_growing-up-with-just-my-mom-it-went-so-w_255782.jpg" --- > [Growing up with just my mom, it went so well. It worked out so well. It was normal to me. I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brook-lopez/growing-up-with-just-my-mom-it-went-so-well-it-worked-out-so-well-it/) [Brook Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brook-lopez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/brook-lopez-5741_father_growing-up-with-just-my-mom-it-went-so-w_255782.jpg) > [“Some family's boad capsized at Lake Winnipesaukee the day before and now they were looking for the father's body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/some-family-s-boad-capsized-at-lake-winnipesaukee-the-day-before-and/) [Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/joyce-maynard-7181_family_some-family-s-boad-capsized-at-lake-winn_948279.jpg) > [I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-ferguson/i-ve-started-looking-at-my-own-father-a-bit-funny-he-assures-me/) [Craig Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-ferguson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/craig-ferguson-664_father_i-ve-started-looking-at-my-own-father-a_2280420.png) > [In some ways, I was looking for a father figure, and I found that in Donald Trump.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omarosa-manigault-newman/in-some-ways-i-was-looking-for-a-father-figure-and-i-found-that-in/) [Omarosa Manigault Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omarosa-manigault-newman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/omarosa-manigault-newman-14546_donald-trump_in-some-ways-i-was-looking-for-a-father_2407806.jpg) > [“In fact, after a while it was the machines I was looking at, not my father at all. They had become him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-wallace/in-fact-after-a-while-it-was-the-machines-i-was-looking-at-not-my/) [Daniel Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/daniel-wallace-11229_computers_in-fact-after-a-while-it-was-the-machine_2491058.jpg) > ['My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-clapton/my-father-s-eyes-is-very-personal-i-realized-that-the-closest-i-ever/) [Eric Clapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-clapton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/eric-clapton-3136_closest_my-father-s-eyes-is-very-personal-i-real_2808766.jpg) > [I was looking for a father, he was gone. I hung around with the thugs, and even though they sold drugs, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/i-was-looking-for-a-father-he-was-gone-i-hung-around-with-the-thugs/) [Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/tupac-shakur-516_brother_i-was-looking-for-a-father-he-was-gone-i_2056815.jpg) > [Before I had a son, I used to look at my father's example: he left me, he left my mother. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/french-montana/before-i-had-a-son-i-used-to-look-at-my-father-s-example-he-left-me/) [French Montana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/french-montana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/french-montana-7209_caught_before-i-had-a-son-i-used-to-look-at-my_473030.jpg) > [“What I remember the most about that moment before the shot exploded was looking up at my father and seeing the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-leontieff/what-i-remember-the-most-about-that-moment-before-the-shot-exploded/) [Krista Leontieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-leontieff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/krista-leontieff-98659_time_what-i-remember-the-most-about-that-mome_3096887.jpg) > [I grew up looking at my father as to how to behave. In watching him I grasped so many things. His own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sachin-tendulkar/i-grew-up-looking-at-my-father-as-to-how-to-behave-in-watching-him-i/) [Sachin Tendulkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sachin-tendulkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32e/sachin-tendulkar-4571_anger_i-grew-up-looking-at-my-father-as-to-how_2344070.jpg) > [“know what I must do, Father,’ he said, still looking into his father’s eyes. ‘I must represent Mother’s ideas, I should promote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-zephaniah/know-what-i-must-do-father-he-said-still-looking-into-his-father-s/) [Benjamin Zephaniah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-zephaniah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/benjamin-zephaniah-33067_dreams_know-what-i-must-do-father-he-said-still_2003818.png) > [“June is gazing at Michael with a glow about her face, a well of feeling for her husband. Leo and Stephen are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lang/june-is-gazing-at-michael-with-a-glow-about-her-face-a-well-of/) [Maya Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/maya-lang-56837_family_june-is-gazing-at-michael-with-a-glow-ab_1321261.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-father/#itemlist", "name": "Looking Father Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up with just my mom, it went so well. It worked out so well. It was normal to me. 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