Father Quote by James Joyce

“Eldora smiled up at Paulo cunningly, her dark eyes twinkling. “You are old, Father.” “Not as old as I shall be, before I have…

— Mary-Jean Harris

Sir Richard sighed. "Rid yourself of the notion that I cherish any villainous designs upon your person," he said. "I imagine I might well…

— Georgette Heyer

My father was an old - fashioned bloke, and he actually told me one day, "I'm not your friend, I'm your father. My job…

— Warren Mundine

My father's a protector. My father's old-school. He's a cowboy.

— Paul Walker

Every year strips us of at least one vain expectation, and teaches us to reckon some solid good in its stead.

— George Eliot

I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

— John Sebastian

If you're writing about what you're feeling about something, then you're in good stead.

— Lewis Capaldi

Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.

— Joshua Slocum

I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party…

— Jay Weatherill

I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead…

— Harbhajan Singh

“Pardon, old father, my mistaking eyes That have been so bedazzled with the sun That everything I look on seemeth green. Now I perceive…

— William Shakespeare

When I was nine years old, my father went to Spain to work for three years, and I was in Portugal. He has a…

— Ruben Neves

I remember Nigel Martyn joking with me at Leeds, saying he was old enough to be my father, which he certainly was.

— James Milner

I'm old enough to be my father.

— Nikhil Saluja

“Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically one can be a father at twelve.”

— J.M. Coetzee