Father Quotes

7648 Father quotes by 4179 unique authors

My father was and is a great father. My father always wanted to do stand-up. He wanted to be an actor. But instead he did… — Sherri Shepherd
The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this… — Sharon Olds
The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French. — Charlotte Gainsbourg
There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. This makes it a sport you can share with… — Kelly Slater
We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know… — Mitch McConnell
We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation. — John Thune
When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me. — Cate Blanchett
When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby from… — Ayelet Waldman
You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my… — Lynn Johnston
The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched across those years of infancy… — Tom Brokaw
Our wish is that...[there be] maintained that state of property, equal or unequal, which results to every man from his own industry or that of… — Thomas Jefferson
To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare… — Thomas Jefferson
Christ died. He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the… — Matthew Henry
If the elect could perish then Jesus Christ should be very unfaithful to His Father because God the Father hath given this charge to Christ,… — Christopher Love
Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and… — John Ashcroft
My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves. — Richard Leakey
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy
The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation. — E. O. Wilson
Echoing the criticism made of his father's habilis skulls, he added that Lucy's skull was so incomplete that most of it was 'imagination made of… — Richard Leakey
Christ was Begotten by an immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers. — Bruce R. McConkie
And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal… — Bruce R. McConkie
As far as this life is concerned, [Jesus] was born of Mary and of Elohim; he came here as an offspring of that Holy Man… — Bruce R. McConkie
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense. The body in… — Ezra Taft Benson
If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our… — Hosea Ballou
When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy. Be honest with… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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