Dad And Father Quotes

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. — Joseph Joubert

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. — Simon Newcomb

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life. — Dawn French

He had won, easily. This was something else he could do, and do well, and his Dad had been there to witness his success. — Michael Braccia

There's a difference between the words father and dad. And it's more than three words. — Sarah Dessen

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. — George Eliot

To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so few ever stand on the summit. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

I felt a springing in my chest. Could Dad and I be close? Like a real father and son? — Jandy Nelson

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career. — Sam Ewing

When I was a kid, my father told me every day, 'You're the most wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you want to.' — Jan Hutchins

He wrote to his father every day. His platoon called his dad a girlfriend. — Noorilhuda

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well. — Jenna Bush

My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this. — Jeff Foxworthy

My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me? — James Dobson

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father. — Herbie Hancock

When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his own father. — Michael Leunig

I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wars' fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me. — Donald Faison

Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense. — Denis Markell

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle. — Adam Sandler

If it wasn't for my sport and my father, I'd probably be a fallen statistic. I'd be dead; I'd be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life. — Apolo Ohno

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. — Pete Rose

And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father. — Angelina Jolie

You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son. — Michael Reagan

My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad. — Jane Pauley

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family. — Ricky Martin

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family. — Mark Teixeira

I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice. — Raquel Cepeda

My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies. — Rachel Zoe

My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. — Amy Sedaris

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

Forget Batman: when I really thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be my dad. — Paul Asay

When Myron was ten years old, his father had taken him and his younger brother, Brad, to a game. Brad was five at the time. Dad had secured — Harlan Coben

My father was the quintessential husband and dad. — Sidney Poitier

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver. — Joe Lhota

Whenever I fail as a father or husband ... a toy and a diamond always works. — Shah Rukh Khan

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so. — Pam Brown

I wait for my dad to walk away before pulling back the covers and getting out of bed. Not exactly a Hallmark father-daughter moment. — Alecia Whitaker

There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man who could love my mother more than me. — Ron Mayes

Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful. — Cindy Crawford

Then I got divorced and everything changed, and I became a father in a whole new way and found a whole new set of difficulties. — Louis C.K.

My father loved people, children and pets. — Tony Visconti

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. — Joel Osteen

I do want children. I study dads more. I watch what they go through. I admire my father more than I ever did and my brother and my sister. — Adam Sandler

He nodded and leaned down to kiss me. I let him, Dad be damned. — S.C. Stephens

Before you and your spouse can work as a team raising your children, you must first work as a team in your marriage. — Jim George

I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as father and daughter. — Katee Sackhoff

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. — Victor Borge

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business. — Tom Bosley

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. — August Strindberg

At this moment, I know that the answer has to be yes. I am defeated. By my own father. How Darth Vader. — Denis Markell

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father. — Jean De La Fontaine

It had been a wake-up call and now all she wanted was to keep her dad in sight and make sure he didn't eat too many Mars Bars or drink too much beer. — Vicky Pattison

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan. — Jack White

(Don Fey had a large rubber stamp that said "bullshit," which was and is awesome.) — Tina Fey

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England. — Lily Allen

But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24. — Rachael Leigh Cook

My dad is a loving person. He would never disown me. At some point we will be together again. I love my father, and he loves me. — Mosab Hassan Yousef

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. — Anna Lee

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker. — Anthony Hopkins

My dad's life was magnificent, but only if I let myself see and remember more than his years of decline. — Lisa J. Shultz

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them. — Anthony Quinn

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land. — Chief Joseph