Cherish Quote by Adrienne Rich

He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

— Steve Spurrier

My father became the man he wanted to be by allowing dreams and supporting his family's dreams.

— Rudy Ruettiger

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please

— Robert Mapplethorpe

I was always a girl who wanted to please her dad, and he so wanted me to succeed.

— Sheila Hancock

To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my…

— James Packer

I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed…

— Judy Garland

Dad always wanted me to be a boy.

— Joey Heatherton

And what I thought, every time I thought about my father, every time his name came up, was quite simply: I WANT TO KILL…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

I see my husband and the way he is with his daughters, responsive and alive and sensitive in ways my father would have liked…

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Having a strong father, I wanted an older man.

— Cindy McCain

I wanted to be loved by my father. I could do anything to be loved by my father.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky