Family Quote by Calvin Trillin

I was raised in a family where my father was the first one to go to college.

— Jim Gaffigan

I want to be the dad that my father never was.

— Paul Pierce

I've always wanted to be what my father never was to me.

— Marquise Goodwin

As far as I can remember, I was always with my dad. He exemplified what it means to make sacrifices for your family.

— Martellus Bennett

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

— Sidney Poitier

My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer,…

— Anthony Browne

As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name

— Connie Chung

I just wanted my dad to be a part of my life, wanted him to continue to be there.

— Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

When I was a boy I was my father.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

— Simon van der Meer

My father was everything to me. Unlike my mother - I didn't have a special affinity with her.

— Giovanna Cau

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of…

— Julian Fellowes