Fathers Quotes

971 Fathers quotes by 727 unique authors

I'm inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It's not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us.… — Henrik Ibsen
If men lived like men indeed, their houses would be temples -- temples which we should hardly dare to injure, and in which it would… — John Ruskin
The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people. — Hugo Black
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that… — Charles Caleb Colton
Men! whose boast it is that ye Come of fathers brave and free, If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and… — James Russell Lowell
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as… — Richard Le Gallienne
In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become… — Louis de Bernieres
So the news that divorced fathers are to be denied a legal right to a relationship with their children, in the long overdue review of… — Louis de Bernieres
I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who… — Jillian Michaels
Many agricultural counties are far more important in the life of the State than their population bears to the entire population of the State. It… — Earl Warren
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication. — Richard Louv
Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men. — John Noble
At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep… — George Papandreou
Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy. — Ernestine Rose
What mothers need, as well as fathers, spouses, and the children of aging parents, is an entire national infrastructure of care, every bit as important… — Anne-Marie Slaughter
We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that… — Karrine Steffans
All children need their fathers, but boys especially need fathers to teach them how to be men. — Dwyane Wade
I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're… — Jen Kirkman
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an… — Stewart Udall
When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding… — Claire McCaskill
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world. — N. T. Wright
The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in… — Edith Hamilton
... men... who say that there is no one in our times and in our midst who is able to keep the Gospel commandments and… — Symeon the New Theologian
In my experience, it's all wonderful with girls until about 16. Around that time, boys kind of calm down and start focusing their testosterone. Girls… — Tim Allen

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