Father Quotes

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father!

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.'

To every little girl her father is a hero.

My first choice had always been my father. He's still my first pick. Now that the nominating process is over, tonight, I'm happy to announce that I'm going to be supporting Governor Romney.

I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know.

When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore.

My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid.

In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.

As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.

Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.

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

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.

Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.

I idolize my father. I mean, he has worked so hard in his life.

My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared their ideas for how to build a more equal and prosperous country. I always felt part of their call to serve and part of my father's journey.

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army.

The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household.

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.