Papa Quotes

121 Papa quotes by 100 unique authors

To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees,… — Leo Buscaglia
Some people ask me whether I'm a 'mama's girl' or a 'papa's girl.' I'm nobody's girl. My brother clings to our parents; I'm the one… — Hayden Panettiere
There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth. — Richie Sambora
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men, Mama's in the graveyard, Papa's in the pen. — Garth Brooks
Papa wasn't man enough, couldn't stand up to his responsibilities. Instead of taking care of me, he'd rather live lavishly. — Tupac Shakur
Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house… — Simon Helberg
Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate… — James M. Barrie
Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets… — Anna Freud
Papa continually emphasizes how much remains unexplained. With the other psychoanalytic writers, everything is always so known and fixed. — Anna Freud
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. — Charles Dickens
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping… — Sam Levenson
Son, you can't go around painting yourself black, you hear?" "Why not, Papa?" "Because they'll take you away." "Why?" "Because you shouldn't want to be… — Markus Zusak
When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens… — Katherine Dunn
The light was leaving in the west it was blue The children's laughter sang and skipping just like the stones they threw the voices echoed… — Jack Johnson
Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in… — Harry S. Truman
If you want to grow up to be a big, strong pea, you have to eat your candy," Papa Pea would say. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Look at my papa here; he's been dead all these years, and yet he is more real to me than almost anybody else. He never… — Willa Cather
He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die. He's going to die anyway. He's so scared, Papa. The man squatted and looked at him.… — Cormac McCarthy
I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain in the livingroom was open just a… — Markus Zusak
When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm not! and if… — Louisa May Alcott
You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then… — Lawrence Hill
Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot… — Thornton Wilder
What we want most is to be held...and told..that everything (everything is a funny thing, is baby milk and papa's eyes, is roaring logs on… — Truman Capote
Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like… — Markus Zusak
Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,… — Markus Zusak

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