Father Quotes

7648 Father quotes by 4179 unique authors

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work. — Steve Young
I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to… — Woody Harrelson
Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily. — Dan Savage
When you have kids, there's no such thing as quality time. There's just time. There's no, 'Ooh, his graduation's better than going to the mall.'… — Chris Rock
Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids,… — Chris Martin
Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that. — Jim Gaffigan
He never stopped wanting to save the world. — Ron Reagan
My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn. — Louis Adamic
If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom… — Antonio Gramsci
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old… — Stephen King
When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo… — Jerry Lewis
People see Archie Bunker everywhere. Particularly girls; poor girls, rich girls, all kinds of girls are always coming up to me and telling me that… — Carroll O'Connor
That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg
It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home-it's only then that… — Margaret Truman Daniel
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side,… — Alan Valentine
The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it. — John Green
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the… — Li-Young Lee
There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father. — Alison Lohman
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. — Wendell Phillips
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. — Kent Nerburn
My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was… — Jeff Foxworthy
My dad used to say 'Always fight fire with fire,' which is probably why he got thrown out of the the fire brigade. — Harry Hill
When my kids were younger, I used to avoid them. I used to sit on the toilet 'til my legs fell asleep. You want to… — Louis C. K.
I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. — Will Arnett
Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on! — Louis C. K.

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