--- title: "12 Time Father Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Time Father quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Time Father sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/e-b-white-1448_eighteen_the-time-not-to-become-a-father-is-eight_1030446.png" --- > [The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/the-time-not-to-become-a-father-is-eighteen-years-before-a-war/) [E. B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/e-b-white-1448_eighteen_the-time-not-to-become-a-father-is-eight_1030446.png) > [“should not be confused with Chronos, the God of Time or Father Time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-hightower/should-not-be-confused-with-chronos-the-god-of-time-or-father-time/) [Lance Hightower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-hightower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/lance-hightower-108752_father-time_should-not-be-confused-with-chronos-the_314287.jpg) > [My time with my father would be very meaningful, but also very short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrikh-mkhitaryan/my-time-with-my-father-would-be-very-meaningful-but-also-very-short/) [Henrikh Mkhitaryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrikh-mkhitaryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/henrikh-mkhitaryan-8003_father_my-time-with-my-father-would-be-very-mea_27957.jpg) > [Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giordano-bruno/time-is-the-father-of-truth-its-mother-is-our-mind/) [Giordano Bruno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giordano-bruno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/giordano-bruno-6744_clock_time-is-the-father-of-truth-its-mother-i_2609055.png) > [The Oversoul is before Time, and Time, Father of all else, is one of his children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-oversoul-is-before-time-and-time-father-of-all-else-is-one-of-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_children_the-oversoul-is-before-time-and-time-fat_531766.png) > [It is my opinion that time brings all things to fruition; by time all things are made plain; time is the father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/it-is-my-opinion-that-time-brings-all-things-to-fruition-by-time-all/) [Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/francois-rabelais-2038_clock_it-is-my-opinion-that-time-brings-all-th_2907998.png) > [It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-rabelais/it-is-my-feeling-that-time-ripens-all-things-with-time-all-things-are/) [Francois Rabelais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-rabelais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/francois-rabelais-2038_all-things_it-is-my-feeling-that-time-ripens-all-th_2489126.png) > [I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katee-sackhoff/i-grew-up-watching-science-fiction-with-my-dad-it-was-kind-of-our/) [Katee Sackhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katee-sackhoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/katee-sackhoff-9543_bonding_i-grew-up-watching-science-fiction-with_886290.jpg) > [I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-bloom/i-m-old-school-english-so-i-suppose-i-m-quite-protective-especially/) [Orlando Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/orlando-bloom-1693_english_i-m-old-school-english-so-i-suppose-i-m_751246.jpg) > [You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-piven/you-re-trying-to-figure-out-a-way-to-go-back-in-time-and-spend-more/) [Jeremy Piven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-piven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/jeremy-piven-9559_back-in-time_you-re-trying-to-figure-out-a-way-to-go_1281468.jpg) > [“Finally he spoke. "You love them that much, 'Ene?" "They have become my people, Father." "It has been less than two months."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/finally-he-spoke-you-love-them-that-much-ene-they-have-become-my/) [Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/brandon-sanderson-112_father_finally-he-spoke-you-love-them-that-much_2630235.jpg) > [“The only mainstream American household I know well is the one I grew up in, and I can report that my father,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/the-only-mainstream-american-household-i-know-well-is-the-one-i-grew/) [Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/jonathan-franzen-801_family_the-only-mainstream-american-household-i_2194136.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-father/#itemlist", "name": "Time Father Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. 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