“My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.”
Topic
dad
889 quotes
Quotes, most loved first
“Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.”
“Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.”
“An angry father is most cruel towards himself.”
“There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.”
“My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.”
“When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.”
“I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.”
“Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.”
“Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?”
“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”
“A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.”
“A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.”
“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.”
“But the love of adventure was in father's blood.”
“I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.”
“My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.”
“I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.”
“I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.”
“My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.”
“The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.”
“I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.”
“The most important influence in my childhood was my father.”
“My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.”