Dad Quotes

3139 Dad quotes by 2033 unique authors

Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to. — Wayne Rooney
My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. — Pete Rose
A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be… — Helen Rowland
My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were… — Marco Rubio
My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and… — Marco Rubio
My Dad used to tell us: 'En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos' 'In this country, you… — Marco Rubio
They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn't inherit… — Marco Rubio
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. — Bertrand Russell
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. — Bertrand Russell
Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She… — Paul Ryan
My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life.… — Paul Ryan
My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of… — Winona Ryder
I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did… — Adam Sandler
I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by… — Adam Sandler
Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do… — Adam Sandler
The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't… — Adam Sandler
My dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the… — Carlos Santana
My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s. — Rick Santorum
My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob.… — Dan Savage
It is a wise father that knows his own child. — William Shakespeare
I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more than $20,000 a… — Howard Schultz
Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights… — Charles Schumer
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act. — Kathleen Sebelius
Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell… — Maurice Sendak
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. — Anne Sexton

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