My Father Quotes

2865 My Father quotes by 1963 unique authors

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher.… — Chinua Achebe
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high… — Jensen Ackles
My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly. — Joan Baez
There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was not suited to… — Christian Bale
I want to say that nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification to do that. I didn't just make it up. A lot… — Roseanne Barr
The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. — Clara Barton
My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term.… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me? — Glenn Beck
The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different… — Ezra Taft Benson
When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the… — Ezra Taft Benson
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my… — Halle Berry
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did. — Jack Black
My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter. — Lewis Black
I started playing golf when I was a kid, because across the street from where we lived there was a little nine-hole golf course where… — Lewis Black
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together,… — Lewis Black
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad,… — Sara Blakely
I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't… — Andrea Bocelli
I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I… — Unknown Author
The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know,… — Unknown Author
When I see someone like Richard Dawkins, I see my father. I grew up with that. I'm basically the child of Richard Dawkins. — Alain de Botton
My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need… — Jo Brand
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad. — Beau Bridges

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