Father Quotes

7648 Father quotes by 4179 unique authors

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's… — Harlan Coben
My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the… — Sam Abell
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights. — Tori Amos
My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house. — Tori Amos
My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside… — Tori Amos
My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me. — Tori Amos
My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she… — Tori Amos
I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and… — Julie Andrews
And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw… — Sharron Angle
My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was… — Jennifer Aniston
Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers,… — Joan of Arc
These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by understanding what are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they say, "liked to… — C.S. Lewis
Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work is heavy and the toil… — W. E. B. Du Bois
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants of the founding… — Bob Dole
The child is the father of man. — William Wordsworth
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do… — Marv Levy
Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife… — Unknown Author
What a sublime idea of the infinite might of the great Architect, the Cause of all causes, the Father of all fathers, the Ens Entium!… — August Weismann
It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider used… — Joe Flaherty
When on life's journey it becomes our lot to travel with criticism of skeptics, the hate of some, the rejection of others, the impatience of… — Unknown Author
The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean… — Unknown Author
Jesus was never worried or perplexed. He was calmly and completely in control of every situation. He never doubted that His Father's goodness would provide… — Derek Prince
All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through humility. — John Cassian
Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do… — Unknown Author

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