Father Figure Quotes
37 Father Figure quotes by 35 unique authors
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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it
— Larry McMurtry
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Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team…
— Alan Shearer
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The Jews are the conscience of the world. They are the father figures, stern, critical, and forbidding.
— Raul Hilberg
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How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher…
— Phil Plait
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I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as…
— Frank Gifford
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My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he…
— Dolph Lundgren
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Let's review the cost-free techniques that we've learned so far for raising an achievement-oriented, obedient, drug-free, virgin adult: Calamity, Praise, Local Theater, and flat feet.…
— Tina Fey
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But for me at any rate it was all part of dissolving the God trip or father-figure trip. Facing up to reality instead of always…
— John Lennon
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I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look…
— Pauley Perrette
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I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated…
— Jesse Metcalfe
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I never had a father figure so I never missed it.
— Jamie Bell
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Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
— Wyclef Jean
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My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.
— Georgia May Jagger
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I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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I was brought up in a very religious household and did a lot of praying throughout a big part of my life and always thought…
— Paul Feig
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I'm very moved by chaos theory, and that sense of energy. That quantum physics. We don't really, in Hindu tradition, have a father figure of…
— Bharati Mukherjee
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I tend to project my father figure onto any director that I'm working with, or mother, if I'm working with a female, or it can…
— Guy Pearce
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When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.
— Gordon Ramsay
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I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his…
— Steven Spielberg
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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing…
— Alice Walker
Who Wrote These Father Figure Quotes
35 authors contributed a total of 37 Father Figure Quotes, led by these top contributors: