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Father Quotes by Mark Twain
- When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how…
- When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was…
- My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got.
- It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.
- It is the Creator´s Grand Army, and he is the Commander-in-Chief... With these facts before you, now try to guess man´s chiefest pet name for…
- The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as…
- My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
- By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.
- There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s campaign among the…
- What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
- When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…
- More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and…
- When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I…
- I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey
More Father Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. — John James Audubon
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to… — Jensen Ackles
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik